Man due to appear in court in connection to €80,000 drug seizure in Limerick

A MAN in his 50s, arrested as part of the investigation into the seizure of approximately €80,000 of suspected cocaine in Kileely in Limerick city on Thursday, March 28, has been charged and bailed to appear before Limerick District Court on the morning of Monday, April 22.

It comes after a search of a residential premises at Kileely was conducted by gardaí attached to Limerick Divisional Drugs Unit. During the course of this search suspected cocaine with an estimated street value of €80,000 was recovered.

The drugs will be sent to Forensic Science Ireland for further analysis.

This seizure forms part of Operation Tara; an enhanced national anti-drugs strategy, which was launched by garda commissioner Drew Harris in July, 2021. The focus of Operation Tara 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.