UPDATE (10am, Thursday, 4th July): the arrested man has now been officially charged and is due before the courts this morning.
Earlier story:
One person’s been arrested following the seizure of €320,000 worth of suspected cannabis herb in Co Wicklow.
The discovery came last evening (Wednesday, 3rd July) at about 5pm when Gardaí from the Bray District Drugs Unit carried out a search of a home under Operation Tara.
Approx 16kg of what’s believed to be cannabis herb was uncovered in a vehicle at the property – the substance will now undergo analysis by Forensic Science Ireland.
A man aged in his forties was arrested at the scene and detained at a Garda Station in Wicklow under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act, 1996.
Investigations are ongoing.
