Gardaí have arrested one man and seized close to half a million euros worth of cannabis in Carlow.
The drugs with an estimated value upwards of €460,000 were seized on Saturday as part of ongoing investigations into the sale and supply of drugs in the Carlow area.
Members attached to Carlow Detective Unit conducted a "stop and search" of a vehicle travelling on the M9 motorway, during which the cannabis was recovered.
A man aged in his 30s was arrested in connection with the seizure and detained at Carlow Garda station under the Criminal Justice Drug Trafficking Act.
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The drugs seized will be sent to Forensic Science Ireland for analysis, a Garda statement said.
The investigation is ongoing, it added.
