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Driver arrested and €60,000 worth of cannabis seized at local Garda checkpoint

By Kilkenny Now 6th July 2021 0

A driver was arrested after local gardai seized cannabis worth an estimated €60,000 at a checkpoint. The motorist was stopped by detectives from the Carlow-Kilkenny division at the checkpoint last week. He was subsequently charged with drugs offences. Meanwhile, in a separate incident gardai found cocaine valued at €900 during a planned search of a […]

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Crime fighting canine sniffs out cocaine buried in Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 29th April 2021 0

A Kilkenny Garda dog dished out some ruff justice to local drug dealers after the crime fighting canine sniffed out €7,000 worth of cocaine. Whoever thought they were being clever by burying the illegal drugs were clearly barking up the wrong tree after  ‘Rex’ uncovered the cocaine during an operation with members of the local […]

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Large quantity of heroin and cocaine seized at Garda checkpoint in Kilkenny city

By Kilkenny Now 18th March 2021 0

Gardai seized over €50,000 worth of cocaine and heroin at a checkpoint in Kilkenny city. The drugs were discovered after a vehicle was searched at an Operation Fanacht checkpoint in the city on Tuesday. Around €48,000 worth of heroin and €8,000 was seized by gardai. Local gardai confirmed a male suspect was arrested, questioned and […]

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Cocaine and cannabis seized during raids on properties in county Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 23rd December 2020 0

Gardai seized €5,000 worth of cocaine and cannabis in raids on two properties in north Kilkenny in recent days. In the first planned operation, members of Kilkenny Garda Drugs Unit and by local gardai investigating the sale and supply of controlled drugs seized €3,000 worth of cocaine during a search of a property in the […]

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Motorist was high on cocaine driving around Kilkenny city

By Kilkenny Now 18th November 2020 0

Gardai in Kilkenny have taken another drug driver off our roads. In the latest case, a motorist was arrested after they failed a roadside drugs test at a checkpoint in the city on shortly after midnight on Monday. Members of the Kilkenny Roads Policing Unit were performing mandatory intoxicant testing (MIT) at a checkpoint in […]