Three held as drugs worth £1/2m seized

THREE men were arrested in Co Cork yesterday following a significant drug seizure in woodlands outside Blarney, Co Cork.

THREE men were arrested in Co Cork yesterday following a significant drug seizure in woodlands outside Blarney, Co Cork.

Sixty kilograms of cannabis resin, worth over £500,000, were seized in the operation. Two men in their 20s and from the Cork area were arrested at the scene around noon yesterday. A third man was later arrested in Cork city.

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