Drugs worth €2m seized in weekend swoops

GARDAÍ made a substantial drugs bust in Co Carlow over the weekend, bringing to around €2 million the amount of drugs seized since last Friday.

An intelligence operation resulted in the confiscation of a large quantity of cannabis herb and amphetamine in a town in Carlow on Saturday.

“During the course of the search Gardaí seized 20 kilos of what is believed to be cannabis herb and 8 kilos of what is believed to be amphetamines,” said a Garda spokesman.