Two arrested over €250k cannabis seizure in Waterford

Two men, one aged 34 and the other 42, were arrested over the haul.

TWO MEN HAVE been arrested following a seizure of cannabis worth an estimated €250,000 in Co Waterford.

In a joint operation between Revenue’s Customs Service and An Garda Síochána on Friday evening, 12.5kgs of herbal cannabis with a was seized from a commercial premises in the outskirts of Waterford city.

Two men, one aged 34 and the other 42, were arrested and taken to Waterford Garda Station. Both are being detained under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act, 1996.

Follow-up searches are now taking place in Waterford city and south Kilkenny.

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