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Significant drugs seizure in Waterford

Significant drugs seizure in Waterford

Gardaí in Waterford are investigating following the seizure of suspected illegal drugs worth over approximately €52,000 euro in the city on Friday afternoon.

A vehicle was stopped and searched at Grannagh at around 2 o'clock after suspicious activity was spotted by an off duty garda.

Two buckets of loose suspected D10 (benzodiazepin) tablets and a brown cardboard box of prescription drugs were found.

A second car was also seized in a nearby location.

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Four men aged in their late 20s (25yrs, 26yrs, 26yrs, 29yrs)  from Waterford City were arrested under the provisions of Section 2- Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) 1996.

They have since been released and a file is being prepared for the Director of Public Prosecutions.

The suspected illegal drugs have been forwarded to the Forensic Laboratory for analysis.

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