Two questioned after drugs worth €42,000 seized in Cork

Drugs found during the search of a car near Mallow yesterday

Two men in their 50s were arrested near Mallow in Co Cork yesterday after gardai found mephedrone with an estimated street value of up to ¤42,000.
Two men in their 50s were arrested near Mallow in Co Cork yesterday after gardai found mephedrone with an estimated street value of up to ¤42,000.

Two men in their 50s were arrested near Mallow in Co Cork yesterday after gardai found mephedrone with an estimated street value of up to €42,000.

The drugs were found when a car was stopped at Rathcoole shortly before midday yesterday.

Both men were released without charge late last night and a file is being prepared for the Director of Public Prosecutions.

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