One man has been arrested in connection with €80,000 worth of cocaine seized by Gardaí in Galway over the weekend.
In the early hours of Sunday, July 6, the Drugs Unit intercepted a car on the Coast Road in Oranmore.
A man, aged in his 20s, was found in possession of cocaine and arrested.
Follow-up searches of a separate vehicle and a house in the Ballybane area led to the discovery of a further quantity of cocaine.
In total, the estimated street value of the cocaine seized is €80,000.
The man is currently being detained at a station in the Garda North Western Region under Section 50 of the Criminal Justice Act, 2007.
The drugs will be sent for analysis to Forensic Science Ireland (FSI). Gardaí have said that investigations into this are ongoing.
