Nephew of republican held in €200k drugs seizure

GARDAÍ have arrested a nephew of a prominent republican after they stopped a car and seized more than €200,000 of cannabis.

The swoop was made yesterday afternoon after drugs squad detectives stopped a car in Cork.

The man, aged 39, who lives on the southside of the city, was arrested along with a female passenger, aged 32, after the vehicle they were travelling in was stopped and searched on the South Ring Road, near the Jack Lynch Tunnel.