Gardaí are questioning four people in Cork following separate raids in both the city and county, in which officers recovered over €500,000 worth of drugs.
Officers from the Cork County Divisional Drugs Unit found some €260,000 worth of drugs when they searched a house in the Carrigtwohill area of east Cork on Friday.
Detectives seized cannabis with an estimated street value of €140,000, and cocaine thought to be valued at €120,000.
They arrested three members of a family in the operation – a 53-year-old man, a 42-year-old woman and a 19-year-old youth – for questioning about the drugs.
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The man was taken to Midleton Garda station for questioning, and the woman and the teenager were both taken to Cobh Garda station.
All three were being detained under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act, 1996, which allows gardaí to detain suspects for up to seven days.
Meanwhile, in a separate operation, officers from the Cork City Divisional Drugs unit seized some 12 kgs of cannabis with a street value of €240,000.
Detectives found the drugs when they searched a residential premises in the Mahon area of Cork’s southside, and they arrested a suspect in his 20s for questioning. The man is being detained at the Bridewell Garda station.
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