Gardaí arrested two people after discovering €36k worth of heroin in a car stop in Galway County late last night.
A car was stopped by the Galway Divisional Drugs Unit at Cappataggle, Co Galway, at around 11pm on Wednesday, November 13.
While searching the car Gardaí found over 252 grams of heroin, with an estimated street value of €35,700, (subject to analysis).
The two occupants of the car, a man and a woman who are both in their 50s, were arrested.
They are currently being detained at a Garda station in Co Galway under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act 1996. They can be held for up to seven days.
The search and arrests were part of an ongoing operation targeting the sale and supply of controlled drugs in the region.
