Over €12,000 of suspected drugs and cash seized on March 13th, 2021.
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At around 5pm Gardaí from the Bantry District Drugs Unit, assisted by the West Cork Divisional Drugs Unit and Castletownbere Gardaí, executed a search warrant at a house in the Castletownbere area.
During the course of the search Gardaí seized €4,000 of cocaine, €2,000 of cannabis herb, €1,000 of heroin and €5,300 in cash. All of the suspected drugs will now be sent to Forensic Science Ireland for analysis.
A man, aged in their 20s, was arrested later that evening in the Bandon area. He was brought to Bantry Garda Station where he was detained under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act 1996.
He was later charged and is due to appear before Bantry District Court on March 25, 2021.
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