Three held after drug seizures in Kildare and Galway

Discoveries made after separate searches of houses in Kildare town, Monasterevin and Mountbellew

Three men have been arrested after separate drug seizures in Co Kildare and Co Galway.

During a search of a house at Bishopsland in Kildare town yesterday evening gardaí discovered cocaine with a street value of € 60,000, cannabis herb with a street value of € 20,000 and E tablets with a street value of € 10,000.

A 25-year-old man was arrested and will appear in court later today.

Another search of a house at Bell Harbour in Monasterevin yielded cannabis herb with a street value of € 10,000. A 26-year-old man was arrested but was later released without charge.

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In Galway, a man in his mid-40s was arrested this afternoon after cannabis plants with an estimated street value of up to €300,000 were seized in a sophisticated grow house in the Mountbellew area of Co Galway. Other drug paraphernalia and two firearms were also recovered.