More than 9,000 euro worth of drugs have been seized by Gardaí in three separate operations in Clare.
The seizures, which form part of Operation Tara, took place in the Lahinch, Ennis and Clonlara areas.
At around 8pm last Tuesday, detectives and uniformed Gardaí from Ennistymon and Kilrush conducted a search under warrant at a house in the Lahinch area.
During the course of the search, 4,600 euro worth of suspected Cannabis Herb was seized.
A man in his late 20’s was arrested at the scene and detained at Kilrush Garda Station – He’s since been released without charge and a file is now being prepared for the DPP.
In a separate operation on Wednesday night, at around 9pm, the Divisional Drugs Unit stopped a car in the Ennis town area and conducted a search of the car.
During the course of this search, suspected Cocaine with an estimated street value of 1,500 euro was seized.
A man in his late 20’s was arrested and detained at Ennis Garda Station and was later released from custody pending submission of a file to the DPP.
On Thursday, a search a car carried out in Clonlara by uniformed members from Killaloe Garda Station resulted in the seizure of 3,000 euro of suspected Cannabis Herb.
All the suspected controlled substances have been forwarded to Forensic Science Ireland for analysis.
These seizures form part of Operation Tara which is an enhanced national anti-drugs strategy which aims to disrupt, dismantle and prosecute drug trafficking networks, at all levels internationally, nationally and locally.
