A man in his 20s has been arrested after drugs worth €1.5 million were seized in a number of searches in Limerick city yesterday.
The man was detained after cocaine worth €70,000 was discovered in the vehicle he was driving after it was stopped and searched by gardaí.
Searches were subsequently carried out of a second vehicle and at a domestic property, where 35kg of cannabis worth €700,000 and 11kg of cocaine, worth €770,000, were seized.
The man is being held at a garda station in Limerick.
Gardaí said the drugs will be sent to Forensic Science Ireland for analysis and that investigations are ongoing.
