Two men due before court following seizure of suspected cocaine, cannabis and cash in county Kildare home

Two people are due before the courts later this morning in connection with the seizure of €80,000 worth of drugs in County Kildare.

It follows the search of a residential premises in Athy on Saturday (16th May) where €60,000 of suspected cannabis, €20,000 of what’s understood to be cocaine and €8,500 in cash was discovered.

One man aged in his twenties and another in his thirties were arrested by Gardaí and taken to Newbridge Garda Station for questioning under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice Drug Trafficking Act, 1996.

Both have since been charged and are due before Naas District Court at 10:30am today.

Investigations are ongoing.