Thu Oct 29 2026 - 10:11 • 1 MIN READ
Gardaí arrested a woman and seized cocaine and heroin worth €644,000 in Limerick city on Wednesday.
The seizure was made by Limerick Divisional Drug Unit as part of an operation targeting the distribution of controlled drugs in the Mid-West region.
A search was conducted under warrant at a home on Old Singland Road in the city.
During the search, gardaí seized cocaine with an estimated street value of €490,000 and heroin with an estimated street value of €154,000.
A woman in her 40s was arrested. She remains in Garda custody in the Limerick area where she is being held under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice Act, 1996.
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