A man has been arrested following drug seizures worth 165 thousand euro in Galway and Westmeath. Gardaí stopped and searched a van on the Old Ballybane Road in Galway city yesterday evening, and found around 35 thousand euro worth of cocaine.
The driver, a man in his 40s, was arrested and is being held at a Garda station in the North West. Officers also seized cannabis herb, cannabis resin, cocaine and a hydraulic press during the search a home in Athlone.