Cork's new City Centre Policing Unit makes over 60 drug seizures

Drugs such as heroin, cocaine, and cannabis have been seized by the new unit, comprising of one sergeant and eight gardaí.

A man was arrested on July 14 after gardaí from the City Centre Policing Unit seized €7,310 of suspected drugs in Cork City on July 14, 2020.

There have been more than 60 drug seizures by Cork City’s new City Centre Policing Unit since it was set up last month, it has been revealed.

Gardaí say the unit has carried out 220 searches of people on the street, which have resulted in 10 detections of drugs for sale and supply and 50 detections of possession for personal use.