Almost two thousand euro worth of drugs and cash has been seized following an hour long Garda pursuit of a car through parts of South and East Clare.
Gardaí were carrying out speed checks on the N18 at Bunratty yesterday, when they detected and car driving over the limit and began to pursue it.
A man has been arrested and charged in relation to the incident.
At around 3 o’clock yesterday, Gardaí from the Clare Divisional Roads Policing Unit were carrying out a speed check on the dual carriageway at Bunratty, when they detected a car travelling at 150km/hr in the 100 km/hr zone.
After the car failed to stop, a managed Garda pursuit ensued and after an hour, the car pulled over.
During the course of the incident, a package was thrown from the car in the Quin area – this was subsequently recovered and contained €1,000 of suspected cocaine and controlled drugs.
The suspected drugs will now be sent for analysis.
The driver, a man in his 20s, was arrested at the scene and brought to Shannon Garda Station, while the only passenger in the car, a man in his 20s, was brought Shannon Garda Station for the purpose of a search.
During the course of that search, €750 in cash was seized.
The driver of the car has since been charged in relation to road traffic offences, and will appear before the courts at a later date.
