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The seized knife.
Killarney
Three arrested as gardaí seize drugs and two weapons in Co Kerry
Two men, aged in their 30s and 40s, and a woman in her 30s were arrested.
THREE PEOPLE HAVE been arrested after gardaí seized over €165,000 worth of cannabis, €1,300 of LSD, a suspected firearm and a knife yesterday.
A vehicle was stopped and searched by gardaí as the result of an intelligence-led operation in Killarney yesterday afternoon.
Cannabis valued at €5,000, a knife, and a “number of electronic devices of evidential value” were seized.
Two men, aged in their 30s and 40s, and a woman in her 30s were arrested. They are currently detained at garda stations in the Kerry division.
Follow-up searches led to the seizure of suspected cannabis worth over €160,000, as well as the LSD, suspected firearm, electronic devices, and equipment including a weighing scales and packaging equipment.
The seized drugs will be sent to Forensic Science Ireland for analysis, gardaí said.
Investigations remain ongoing.
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