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€47,500 worth of drugs and €3,900 in cash seized in Co. Tipperary

€47,500 worth of drugs and €3,900 in cash seized in Co. Tipperary

Gardaì have arrested two people and seized €47,500 of suspected drugs and €3,900 in cash following a search in Bansha, Co. Tipperary yesterday.

At around 10.30am, Gardaì executed a search warrant at a house in the Basha area of Co. Tipperary.

Gardaì from Tipperary Town Garda Station, the divisional drug unit and the southern region dog unit carried out the search and seized €30,000 worth of cannabis and €17,500 worth of cocaine.

€3,900 in cash, three weighing scales, bags, mobile phones and a knuckle duster were also seized during the course of the search.

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A man in his late teens and a woman in her mid-30s were arrested at scene and brought to Tipperary Town Garda Station.

They were detained under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act, 1996 and have since been released.

A file will be prepared for the Director of Public Prosecutions.

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