Heroin valued at €150k seized

Heroin with an estimated street value of €150,000 was seized on the northside of Cork City yesterday in what a source described as the biggest single heroin seizure in the county this year.

The drugs were recovered from waste ground near a city landmark — the water tower at Lower Kileens, Gurranabraher.

The seizure followed an extensive Garda surveillance operation that has been ongoing for a number of weeks after gardaí became suspicious of activity on waste land near the tower.