Gardai arrest three over €500,000 drug seizure

Gardaí recovered drugs worth €500,000 and arrested three people last night.

Gardaí recovered drugs worth €500,000 and arrested three people last night.

Officers from Counties Clare, Tipperary and Limerick found cocaine, ecstasy, cannabis and heroin after a raid on a house near Newport, Co Tipperary. A pistol and a rifle were also seized.

A woman, a man and a teenage boy were arrested and taken to Henry Street Garda station in Limerick city where they are being detained under Section 2 of the Drug Trafficking Act.