Revenue and Gardaí seize drugs worth €50,000

As part of ongoing joint investigations targeting drug trafficking in the Galway area, a Joint intelligence led operation was conducted by Revenue’s Customs Drugs Law Enforcement and the Drugs & Organised Crime Bureau, supported by officers from the Galway Regional drugs unit.

This investigation resulted in the identification and interception of a number of consignments of ecstasy tablets. A subsequent search today (10/02/2017) has resulted in the seizure of approximately 4,000 Ecstasy tablets and a small quantity Herbal Cannabis, and the arrest of two male suspects in their early twenties of Irish origin.

The seized controlled drugs have an estimated street value of €50,000. Joint investigations by Revenue and An Garda Síochána are continuing, both domestically and internationally, with regard to this seizure of controlled drugs believed to be destined for the Galway "Rag Week" market.

The two suspects are detained at Galway Garda Station, Mill Street under the Criminal Justice (Drugs Trafficking) Act 1996 (as amended).

[Ends:10/02/2017]