BREAKING: Kildare Gardaí seize cocaine in house and arrest three men and a woman

Gardaí seized approximately €105,000 of suspected cocaine and arrested four people during the course of a search of a residence in Kilkea, Co. Kildare on Thursday evening. 

The seized drugs will be sent to Forensic Science Ireland (FSI) for analysis.

A Garda statement added: "Three males (two aged in their 20’s and one in his 30’s) and one female (aged in her 20’s) were arrested at the scene. They are currently being detained at a Garda station in the Kildare area under the provisions of Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act 1996.

Investigations are ongoing."

This seizure forms part of Operation Tara; an enhanced national anti-drugs strategy, which was launched by Garda Commissioner Drew Harris on 2nd July 2021.

The focus of Operation Tara is to disrupt, dismantle and prosecute drug trafficking networks, at all levels - international, national, local - involved in the importation, distribution, cultivation, production, local sale and supply of controlled drugs.