Two held after £400,000 cocaine haul

Two men were arrested today following a substantialcocaine seizure in Co Wicklow.

Two men were arrested today following a substantialcocaine seizure in Co Wicklow.

Gardaí recovered four kilos of the drug in what ispart of an ongoing investigation. According to a Gardaspokesman the haul has a street value of £400,000.

After being confronted by gardaí in a forest nearBrittas the two men attempted to escape on amotorcycle.

A man was injured when a motorcycle crashed in the area andis in hospital. A second man is being heldat Naas Garda station in Co Kildare.

Pádraig Collins

Pádraig Collins

Pádraig Collins a contributor to The Irish Times based in Sydney