LIVE: Woman arrested after major heroin seizure in Limerick city
A search was conducted under warrant at a residential property on Old Singland Road in Limerick
A WOMAN has been arrested after a large amount of cocaine and heroin was seized in Limerick city yesterday.
Gardaí attached to the Limerick Divisional Drug Unit have confirmed that the drugs found have an estimated street value of approximately €644,000.
The seizure was made on Wednesday, October 28, and is part of an operation targeting the distribution of controlled drugs in the Mid-West region.
A search was conducted under warrant at a residential property on Old Singland Road in Limerick.
During the course of this search, Gardaí seized cocaine with an estimated street value of €490,000 and heroin with an estimated street value of €154,000.
A spokesperson for An Garda Síochána in the county have said that a woman, aged in her 40s, has been arrested in relation to this investigation.
She remains in garda custody at this time in the Limerick area, where she is detained under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice Act 1996.