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Two arrested as drugs worth over €540,000 seized in Co Offaly

Tullamore drug seizure on display by gardaí
The drugs were seized during a search operation in Tullamore

Two people have been arrested after drugs worth more than €545,000 were seized in Co Offaly yesterday.

Gardaí recovered 7.5kg of cocaine worth around €525,000, along with 1kg of cannabis and ecstasy, worth €24,000, during the course of a search operation in Tullamore as part of Operation Tara.

A man and a woman, both aged in the 40s, were arrested and are being held at a garda station in Co Offaly.

The drugs will be sent for Forensic Science Ireland for analysis.

Gardaí said investigations are ongoing.