Man (40s) to appear before court charged in connection with Tipperary Town drugs seizure

A man, aged in his 40s, charged in connection with the seizure of an estimated €125,000 worth of illegal drugs in Tipperary Town, is scheduled to appear before a sitting of Nenagh District Court later this morning, Thursday, April 25. 

A woman, aged in her 30s, also arrested in relation to this investigation, has been released without charge, and a file will be prepared for submission to the Director of Public Prosecutions.

The drugs were seized during an intelligence-led multi-agency operation in Tipperary Town yesterday, Wednesday, April 24. 

The operation involved Revenue Customs Service, the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau (GNDOCB) and the Tipperary Divisional Drugs Unit.

Revenue officers seized approximately 62,500 of suspected Alprazolam and Clonazepam tablets with an estimated street value of €125,000.