Gardaí seize €15.5k in cash and cannabis worth €94k

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Gardaí have seized approximately €94,000 worth of cannabis, €15,500 in cash and arrested five people following a number of search operations carried out in Monaghan and Louth yesterday.

A car was stopped by gardaí in the Cloughvalley Upper area of Carrickmackross at approximately 2.30pm. Two men in the car aged in their 20s and 30s were found to be in possession of €15,500 cash, believed to be the proceeds of crime. The cash was seized and follow up searches were conducted at two residential premises in Drogheda. Cannabis plants (pending analysis) with an estimated combined value of €30,000 were seized at these premises.