Two arrested and drugs seized after car overturns in bid to flee checkpoint in Kilkenny

Gardaí in Kilkenny arrested and charged two people over the weekend following a substantial cannabis seizure.

While operating a checkpoint in North Kilkenny over the weekend, gardaí seized over 2kg in suspected cannabis.

The male driver and passenger drove away from the checkpoint and crashed and overturned the vehicle a short time later on the Ballyragget to Freshford Road.

"Kilkenny gardaí were weeding out trouble at a checkpoint in North Kilkenny over the weekend and seized over 2kg in suspected cannabis,” a garda spokesperson said.  

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