Drugs with a street value of €1,300 and more than €4,000 was seized in a Garda raid in the Donegal Town area last night.
Ballyshannon District Drugs Unit assisted by uniformed members at Donegal Town Garda Station executed a search warrant issued under the Misuse of Drugs Act.
Both cannabis and cash was seized and investigations are ongoing.
A Garda spokesperson said this seizure forms part of #OperationTara, an enhanced national anti-drugs strategy, which was launched by Garda Commissioner Drew Harris in July.
The focus of Operation Tara is to disrupt, dismantle and prosecute drug trafficking networks, at all levels – international, national, local – involved in the importation, distribution, cultivation, production, local sale and supply of controlled drugs.
A Garda spokesperson said “We urge the public to report any information they have regarding drug dealing within their communities in Donegal.”
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