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Drugs

Guns, cocaine, cannabis, benzos and Xanax all seized in Limerick

Gardaí have valued the find at €126,000.

GARDAÍ IN LIMERICK have seized a range of illegal drugs as well as two guns and ammunition following a search in the county.

The search by local gardaí assisted by the Limerick Divisional Drugs Unit was carried out at a premises at Brooksbridge in Pallasgreen this afternoon.

Gardaí say they discovered cannabis herb, cocaine, benzodiazepines and alprazolam with a combined estimated value of €126,000.

Alprazolam is an anxiety drug commonly sold as Xanax with the quantity found by gardaí valued at €2,000.

Subject to analysis, the value of the rest of the drugs has been estimated as €94,200 worth of cannabis, €22,500 of cocaine and €7,300 of benzodiazepines.

Two firearms, ammunition and a firearm component were also found by gardaí during the search.

No arrests were made following the search with gardaí saying investigations are ongoing.

Read: Two Irish men charged in Australia after major drugs seizure >

Read: ‘The gardaí don’t have a handle on it like they used to’: Concern at drop in drug unit officers >

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