Over a quarter of a million euro worth of drugs has been seized in Athlone.
Revenue officers carried out a search of a premises in the town, and discovered the cannabis herb and a small amount of ecstacy in parcels.
The drugs, worth 276,000 euro, were concealed in the packages which originated from Europe.
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They were destined for addresses in Dublin, Roscommon, Waterford, Westmeath and Wicklow.
