Four arrested over €1m Cork drugs haul

All four people arrested in Cork yesterday afternoon in connection with the seizure of drugs worth an estimated €1 million have…

All four people arrested in Cork yesterday afternoon in connection with the seizure of drugs worth an estimated €1 million have been released.

Two men were arrested at the Wilton Shopping Centre in the city when found to be in possesion of a quantity of drugs.

In a follow up search of a house in the city, a man and a woman were arrested and a further quantity of drugs recovered.

The arrests follow a ten day surveillance operation by members of the Cork City Divisional Drugs Squad.

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All those who were arrested are in their 30s and from the Cork area.

In total, seven kilos of cocaine, ten kilos of cannabis resin and over 10,000 ecstasy tablets were discovered.

Gardai are to prepare a filefor the Director of Public Prosecutions.