Gardai seize €1.2m worth of cannabis in Galway

Gardai in Co Galway seized 90 kilogrammes of cannabis resin with an estimated street value of €1. 2 million.

Gardai in Co Galway seized 90 kilogrammes of cannabis resin with an estimated street value of €1. 2 million.

The drugs were seized when a van was stopped and searched at a checkpoint at Ballinasloe just after midnight.

Two men, aged 23 and 39 were arrested and are being detained at Ballinasloe Garda Station under Section 2 of the Drug Trafficking Act.

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