Father and daughter in custody over €1.5m drugs

A father and daughter have been remanded in custody in relation to the discovery of €1.5m worth of cocaine and cannabis and €399,000 of cannabis, respectively, at two addresses in Co Kilkenny.

Leo Hayden, aged 50, of 26 Assumption Place, Co Kilkenny, was charged on Saturday night with possession of €1.5m worth of cocaine and cannabis, for sale or supply, after he was arrested on Thursday night. The offence is alleged to have occurred at Mill Rd, Gowran.

His daughter Melissa Hayden, aged 20, of 9 Ayrfield, Lord Edward St, Co Kilkenny, is charged with possession of cannabis resin worth €399,000 at Assumption Place in Kilkenny.