DRUGS with an estimated street value of €40,000 and €12,000 in cash have been seized by gardai during a search of a house in Dunfanaghy.
A garda spokesperson said the search happened on Sunday, April 19.
During the course of the search, members of the Divisional Drugs Unit seized suspected cannabis plants and herb, cocaine, MDMA and quantities of tablets including benzodiazepines.
A man aged in his 50s was arrested at the scene and detained at a station in the Garda North Western Region under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act 1996.
He was subsequently released without charge pending further investigations.
Forwarded
The garda spokesperson said the drugs will be forwarded to Forensic Science Ireland for analysis.
Investigations are ongoing.
This seizure forms part of Operation Tara an enhanced national anti-drugs strategy, which was launched by the Garda Commissioner in July 2021.
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.