Man held after Co Kildare drug seizure

A man is still being questioned in Naas Garda Station this evening following a drug seizure in Co Kildare last night.

A man is still being questioned in Naas Garda Station this evening following a drug seizure in Co Kildare last night.

The man is his twenties was arrested in connection with the seizure of eight kilograms of cocaine and heroin in a field at Brannockstown, Kilcullen, at 10.10 p.m.

The drugs are being analysed but are thought to be six kilograms of cocaine with a street value of  €480,000 and two kilograms of heroin worth €400,000.

The man can be held for seven days without charge under the terms of the Drug Trafficking Act.