Three arrests in €100,000 drugs seizure in west

AS part of an ongoing operation targeting the sale and supply of drugs in the area, gardaí carried out a search under warrant of two residences in Sligo on Monday, January 26.

Members of Sligo/Leitrim Divisional Drugs Unit, assisted by the Armed Support Unit, searched a property in the town and seized suspected cocaine with an estimated street value of €70,000, cannabis with a value of €12,900 and just under €20,000 in cash.

A woman (30s) and a man (40s) were arrested at the scene and detained at a station in the Garda North Western Region under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act 1996.

In a follow-up search at a residential property in Gurteen, cannabis with an estimated street value of €20,000 and cash totalling €7,350 was seized.

A man (50s) was arrested and detained at a station in the Garda North Western Region under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act 1996.

All three have since been charged and are due to appear before Tubbercurry District Court today (Wednesday).

The drugs will be sent to Forensic Science Ireland for analysis.

Investigations are ongoing.