Drugs and cash seized in Limerick city
A search was carried out on Friday (May 24, 2024)
AS PART of Operation Tara, Limerick gardaí arrested two people and seized a quantity of suspected heroin and cash.
The search was carried out in a city centre location on Friday, May 24, 2024 and a man in his 40's and a woman in her 20's were both arrested and detained in a garda station in the Limerick area, under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1984.
Suspected heroin to the value of €1,900 and cash in excess of €630 were seized.
The man was released from custody pending a file to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).
A garda spokesperson told Limerick Live: "The drugs seized will be subject to analysis by Forensic Science Ireland (FSI). Investigations are ongoing."
Operation Tara is part of a wider national anti-drugs strategy, which was launched by Garda Commissioner Drew Harris in 2021. Its aim is to disrupt, dismantle and prosecute drug trafficking networks, at all levels - international, national, local - involved in the importation, distribution, cultivation, production, local sale and supply of controlled drugs.