Multiple raids involving armed Gardaí in the Loughrea area on Friday morning saw two people arrested in connection with a haul of €179,000 worth of cocaine.
As part of an ongoing operation targeting the sale and supply of drugs in the region, Gardaí in Galway, with the backing of the Armed Support Unit conducted multiple searches this morning.
Seven properties in the town were searched under warrant and 2.5 kilos of cocaine, with an estimated street value of €175,000 was recovered by a Garda Dog in an open area.
Gardaí also found €4,000 in cash at that same address which was also seized as part of the raid.
At another house, €3,750 worth of cocaine and a weighing scales was recovered. In a further search, €350 worth of cocaine and €400 worth of cannabis were seized.
Two men, aged in their 40s and 20s, were arrested and detained at a station in the Garda North Western Region under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act, 1984.
They were subsequently released without charge pending the preparation of files for the Director of Public Prosecutions.
The drugs will be sent to Forensic Science Ireland for analysis.
