Drugs importation network uncovered

Gardaí and Customs have uncovered a major drugs importation network in a Co Limerick village after tracking a parcel sent via courier service through Shannon.

Five kilos of cannabis with a street value of about €96,000 was discovered during a raid in a house in Pallaskenry.

A man in his 50s was arrested, and a short time later two other men in their 40s and 50s were arrested at an address in the nearby village of Kildimo.