Gardaí stop vehicle and find €5k worth of cocaine

Gardai stopped a van driver and found cocaine valued at thousands of euro at the weekend. 

“Laois Roads Policing Unit conducting a checkpoint in Portarlington yesterday evening stopped this vehicle.

"The driver was found to be in possession of over €5,000 euros worth of cocaine,” Gardai said. 

“The driver was arrested and has been charged to appear before Portlaoise District Court.

"The vehicle was also seized,” they added.