A man has been charged following €500,000 drugs seizure in Kildare

A man has been charged in connection with a major drugs seizure in County Kildare.

Revenue officers seized over 10 kilos of the synthetic drug Mephedrone, valued at half a million euros, during a joint operation involving Gardaí and Revenue Customs in Newbridge yesterday.

The operation, conducted by Revenue’s Customs Service, the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau, and the Newbridge Drugs and Crime Unit, led to the arrest of an 18-year-old man, who was questioned in relation to the seizure.