Cocaine and cash seized by gardai in weekend swoop

SUSPECTED cocaine and a significant amount of cash was seized by gardai in the Castlebar area over the Bank Holiday weekend.

The drugs find was made after a car was stopped in the early hours of Saturday morning in the Islandeady area.

The street value of the drugs seized is believed to be in the region of €2,000.

In a follow up search at a house in Castlebar further drugs were discovered.

Also a sum of money – in the region of €4,000 – was confiscated.

A man was arrested and held at Castlebar Garda Station for questioning.

He was released around 6 p.m on Saturday evening.

A file is to be prepared for the DPP.