Senior Defence Forces officer on administrative leave pending tests of suspected illegal drugs 

Members of the Defence Forces on parade at Cathal Brugha Barracks. It was at the barracks that a sniffer dog detected the suspected drugs in a locker. Picture: Sam Boal/Photocall

A senior Defence Forces officer has been placed on administrative leave pending the outcome of tests into the suspected illegal drugs found in his possession.

The drugs were found after a drugs dog on a training exercise picked up the scent of the drugs in a locker at Cathal Brugha Barracks in Dublin.