Local gardaí in Carlow seize 12kg of heroin worth an estimated €1.7m

One woman arrested and house searched in follow-up after gardaí stopped and searched a car in the town and recovered suspected heroin and cannabis

Some of the drugs seized by gardaí in Carlow town on Sunday. 

Local gardaí in Carlow have made a significant seizure of heroin, with 12kg of the drug discovered in a house in the town.

It is understood that a Polish organised crime group is behind the importation and distribution of the heroin.