Man arrested following drug seizure in Cork

The man was arrested at a stop and search was carried on the Lower Glanmire Road and taken to Mayfield Garda station where is being detained under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act, 1996. File picture 

A man aged in his 30s has been arrested in relation to the seizure of an estimated €17,500 worth of drugs in Cork city yesterday afternoon. 

As part of an intelligence-led operation into the sale and supply of drugs in Cork, gardaí attached to the Divisional Drug Unit in Cork city, assisted by officers from the Mayfield District Drug unit, stopped and searched a man under Section 23 of the Misuse of Drugs Act, 1977/84.