At approximately 3pm, a car failed to stop when directed to by Gardaí. The vehicle was subsequently discovered abandoned in the Curragh plains.
As part of Operation Tara, Gardaí have seized €360,000 of Cannabis following the search of a car in The Curragh, Co. Kildare yesterday, Tuesday, 1st August 2023.
At approximately 3pm, a car failed to stop when directed to by Gardaí. The vehicle was subsequently discovered abandoned in the Curragh plains.
A search of the vehicle resulted in the recovery of approximately 18kgs of Cannabis with an estimated value of €360,000.
These drugs will be sent for further analysis.
Follow up searches were conducted by Kildare South Drug Unit with assistance from members attached to Newbridge, Kildare and Athy Detective Units, Kildare Regular Units, Armed Support Unit Newbridge and the Air Support Unit.
A woman, aged in her late teens, has been arrested in relation to this investigation and is currently detained at a Garda Station in Kildare under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act, 1996.
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