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Garda Press Office
Drugs Seizure
€590,000 of suspected cannabis and cocaine seized at Cork checkpoint
A man in his late 40s has been arrested.
GARDAÍ HAVE SEIZED approximately €590,000 of suspected cannabis and cocaine in Co Cork.
They arrested a man and seized the car he was driving following a stop and search operation in Mitchelstown this afternoon.
The man, who is aged in late 40s, was taken to Fermoy Garda Station where he is currently detained under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act, 1996.
Gardaí attached to the Fermoy Roads Policing Unit had been conducting a checkpoint when they stopped the car for road traffic offences at around 2.20pm.
The driver, a man aged in his late 40s, was arrested and the car was seized.
A search of the car was carried out resulting in the discovery of approximately €380,000 of cannabis and €210,000 of cocaine, both subject to analysis.
Gardaí said the investigation is ongoing.
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