A man has been arrested following the discovery of a large quantity of cocaine, cannabis and ecstasy at a house in Tuam.
The drugs, worth an estimated €97,000, were found yesterday during a search by gardaí from the Galway Divisional Drugs Unit carried as part of ongoing investigations into the sale and supply of drugs in the region.
Cocaine with an estimated street value of €50,000, cannabis with an estimated value of €40,000, and ecstasy with an estimated value of €7,000 was seized.
A man, aged in his 40s, was arrested and detained at a station in the Garda North Western Region under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking ) Act 1996.
A follow-up search was conducted at another house in Tuam and a further quantity of cannabis was recovered.
The seized drugs will be sent to Forensic Science Ireland for analysis.
Investigations are ongoing.
