Over €60,000 Worth Of Suspected Drugs And Cash Seized In Clare

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Over 60,000 euro worth of suspected drugs and cash has been seized in Clare.

As part of an operation targeting the sale and supply of drugs in the county, Gardaí from the Clare Divisional Drugs Unit carried out a search of a yard in the Clarecastle area on Tuesday.

During the course of the search, Gardaí uncovered suspected cannabis herb with a street value of 40,000 euro along with 17,000 euro in cash.

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Follow up searches at fields in Ennis and Tiermaclane resulted in the seizure of over 2,500 euro in cash and 700 euro worth of suspected cannabis herb.

All of the suspected drugs will now be sent for analysis.

Two men, both aged in their 40s, were arrested and detained at Ennis and Shannon Garda Stations under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice Drug Trafficking Act and have since been released.

A file will be prepared for the Director of Public Prosecutions.