Two arrested as €8k in drugs and €31k in cash seized in Co Cork

Gardaí have arrested two men and seized €8,500 of suspected cocaine and €31,000 in cash following a checkpoint on the M8 Motorway in Co Cork yesterday.

The pair were arrested after the seizure in Fermoy where gardaí from the divisional roads policing unit, with the assistance of detectives from the area and the armed support unit, carried out a checkpoint.