Man held after €17k drugs seizure

Gardaí and customs officer have seized synthetic cocaine with an estimated street value of €17,500 following an operation in Co Cork which also res-ulted in the arrest of a 54-year-old man.

Revenue’s Customs Service is understood to have tracked a small parcel which was posted from abroad to a house in Churchtown, near Buttevant.

The occupant of the house was arrested last Monday at around 4.30pm after he took delivery of the package, which contained 5kgs of the drug.