Man arrested in €63,000 ketamine seizure

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One man in his 20s has been arrested in connection with the seizure of €63,000 worth of ketamine in Galway over the weekend.

On Sunday, March 1, Gardaí stopped and searched a car on Bothar na dTreabh in Galway City and seized suspected ketamine with an estimated street value of €63,000.

One man in his 20s was arrested and detained at a station in the Garda North Western Region under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1984 following this seizure.

In a follow-up search at a residential property in Dublin 15, Gardaí seized €5,000 in cash and a quantity of cocaine.

The man was released without charge, and a file will be prepared for the Director of Public Prosecutions.

The drugs will be sent to Forensic Science Ireland for analysis. Investigations are ongoing.