GARDAÍ SAY that drugs seized at the weekend in Portlaoise have an estimated street value of €600,000.
They stopped and searched a van on Grattan Street and cocaine and cannabis herb was seized. Two men in their 30s were arrested and brought to Portlaoise Garda station.
In a follow-up search later in the evening, at a premises on Factory Lane, Portlaoise, further amounts of cocaine and cannabis herb were seized.
Drugs with an estimated street value of up to €600,000 (subject to analysis) were seized. The men remain detained under the provisions of section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act 1996 at Portlaoise Garda station.