Gardaí in Co Clare have seized eight kilograms of cannabis resin with an estimated street value of €56,000.
Gardaí from Ennis assisted by the local Divisional Drug Unit stopped a Ennis man (28) n his car at 9.30pm last night in Cahercalla.
One kilogram of cannabis was found in the car and a further seven kilograms were found in a search of a house in the town.
The man was arrested and, under the Drug Trafficking Act, can be detained for up to seven days.