€60,000 cocaine find in Limerick

COCAINE worth more than €60,000 and a hand gun were found by gardaí in a major search yesterday over a wide area of the south side of Limerick city.

Up to 40 gardaí including armed detectives and members of the dog unit took part in the operation.

The search commenced at around 8am when a number of houses were visited in Hyde Road, Prospect.