Gardaí in Galway have today seized cocaine worth approximately €150,000 and arrested three men.
Searches were carried out by the Divisional Drugs Unit this morning at a number of residential properties in the Doughiska area and Gardaí seized quantities of cocaine (pending analysis) with a total estimated street value of €8,900; three Rolex watches (one of which has been valued at almost €32,000) and around €2,500 in cash. Gardaí also seized a Range Rover Discovery.
A further 2kg of cocaine (valued at €139,000) was recovered in adjacent waste ground.
Three men (two aged in their 20s and one in his late teens) were subsequently arrested and are currently being detained at a Garda station in Co Galway under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act 1996. They can be held for up to seven days.
Today’s arrests and seizures are part of ongoing Garda operation targeting the sale and supply of controlled drugs in the region.
