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Gardaí have arrested a man and seized cannabis with an estimated street value of €40,000 following a raid at a property in Co Meath.
The seizure took place following a “controlled delivery” of drugs to an address at Newcastle, Oldcastle, on Thursday.
A controlled delivery is when drugs are intercepted in the post but allowed to proceed to their destination in the hope they are taken possession of.
As part of a joint operation between gardaí attached to the Meath Divisional Drug Unit and the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau, a warrant was obtained to carry out a search of the premises following delivery of the drugs.
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During the course of the search, 2kgs of cannabis in herbal form was recovered and a man was arrested.
The man, who is aged in his mid 20s, is being detained under the provisions of Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act, 1996 at Kells Garda station.
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