Drugs Seizure In Cork
Gardai have arrested two men for questioning following the seizure of €150,000 worth of cannabis near Halfway in Ballinhassig . It comes after officers stopped and searched a taxi in the area at around half past four yesterday afternoon. Gardai found 25 kilos of cannabis resin with a street value of €150,000. The two occupants of the car, a local man in his early 40's and a man in his 30's from Dublin, were arrested at the scene. Both men were arrested under drug trafficking legislation which allows gardai detain suspects for up to seven days before they have to be charged or released.
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