{"id": "301106", "content": "<p>A 42-year old man has appeared in court in Limerick in connection with a major drugs and firearms seizure on the city last Saturday.</p>\n<p>John Ryan, of Airfield Terrace on St Patricks Road in Limerick, is charged with possession of a pistol and assorted ammunition under the firearms act, and with possession of assorted drugs at an apartment at Belfield House on the Ennis road in Limerick.</p>\n<p>He was granted free legal aid and remanded in custody to appear in court next Thursday, when a bail application will be made. </p>\n<p>Garda\u00ed told the court they will be opposing any bail application.<br/></p>\n<p>The man was arrested as part of a planned operation by garda\u00ed backed up by the Regional Armed Support Units at an apartment on the Ennis Road in Limerick city.</p>\n<p>5kg of heroin, along with 3kg of cannabis herb and a quantity of cocaine and ecstasy tablets were seized. Two firearms and a quantity of ammunition were also seized by garda\u00ed.</p>\n<p>The drugs haul has now been forensically examined and garda\u00ed estimate it to be worth around \u20ac1.2m. It had initially been given a value of \u20ac700,000.<br/></p>", "pillar": "News", "thumbnail_refcode": "00047ad6", "top_cat": null, "categories_list": ["News", "Crime and Legal", "Ireland"], "sub_type": "newsdocument", "url": "/news/2011/0516/301106-drugs/", "title": "Man charged over Limerick drugs seizure", "excerpt": "A 42-year old man has appeared in court in Limerick in connection with a major drugs and firearms seizure on the city last Saturday.", "default_index_name": "News", "promo_link": null, "date_created": "2011-05-16T06:00:00Z", "date_modified": "2011-05-16T16:29:20Z", "featured_video": null, "featured_audio": null, "icon": null, "year": null, "rating": null, "one_line_summary": null, "third_party_headline": null}