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€45,000 worth of cocaine and cannabis found during raid on county Kilkenny house

By Kilkenny Now 25th February 2020 2

€45,000 worth of drugs were recovered from a house in a county Kilkenny village following a planned raid. Gardai yesterday evening raided a house in Freshford under a search warrant and discovered the drugs. €5,000 worth of cocaine was found along with €40,000 worth of cannabis. The operation was carried out by members of the […]

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Garda seize €7,000 of drugs in raid on Kilkenny house

By Kilkenny Now 24th December 2019 0

A man in his 20s is in Garda custody following a drugs seizure in Kilkenny City. Cannabis herb worth €7,000 were found during the search of a house at lunchtime on Christmas Eve. The warrant  was executed by members of the Divisional Drugs Unit backed up by members of local Gardai. The arrested man is […]

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BREAKING: Kilkenny gardai uncover ‘sophisticated’ drugs operation, two arrested

By Kilkenny Now 15th October 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY TWO men have been arrested and a huge haul of cannabis seized after gardai uncovered a sophisticated drugs operation in Kilkenny. An estimated €70,000 worth of cannabis was discovered when gardai swooped on the growhouse in Callan last night as part of a planned operation by the Kilkenny-Carlow Drugs Unit targeting the […]

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€110,000 worth of drugs destined for Kilkenny seized by gardai

By Kilkenny Now 26th July 2019 0

By  COLIN BARTLEY TWO people are due to appear in court after gardai seized cocaine, ecstasy, and cannabis worth €110,000 destined for the Kilkenny drug market. A man and a woman, both in their mid-30s are due in Carlow District Court today on charges of misuse of drugs for the purpose of sale and supply. […]

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Seven people found in possesion in drugs crackdown in city

By Kilkenny Now 22nd July 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY GARDAI arrested seven people for minor drug offenses in the city on Saturday night. The Garda Divisional Drugs Unit and Kilkenny garda members arrested seven people for being in possession of various illegal substances. Cocaine, MDMA and cannabis were discovered during the six-hour period up until midnight on Saturday. Gardai stopped numerous […]

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Gardai find €12,000 worth of weed in rural Kilkenny raid

By Kilkenny Now 19th July 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY TWO men were arrested after gardai raided a rural Kilkenny premises and found €12,000 worth of cannabis plants growing inside. The raid by the Carlow/ Kilkenny Divisional Drugs Unit took place in a rural part of North Kilkenny, last Monday. During a search of the premises, plants with a value of €12,000 […]