One man was arrested in connection with the seizure of €161,000 worth of cocaine in east Galway on Monday.
Gardaí from the Galway Divisional Drugs Unit searched a home in Killimor on Monday, where they found cocaine with an estimated street value of €161,000.
A man in his 20s was arrested during the search and detained under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1984 at a station in the Garda North Western Region.
He has subsequently been released without charge pending the preparation of a file for the Director of Public Prosecutions.
This search was part of Operation Tara and ongoing investigations targeting the sale and distribution of controlled drugs and associated criminal activity in the area.
Gardaí have said that investigations are ongoing and that the drugs will be sent for analysis to Forensic Science Ireland (FSI).
