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Cocaine, cannabis and large stash of cash seized in raids in Kilkenny and Carlow during Christmas week

By Kilkenny Now 27th December 2019 0

Gardai from the Kilkenny-Carlow division discovered thousands of euros worth of drugs during separate raids this week. Around €7,000 of cannabis herb was seized after officers swooped on a house in Kilkenny city on Christmas Eve. A man who was arrested at the scene has since been charged with the sale and supply of controlled […]

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Man found with knife, drugs and weighing scales during ‘random’ Garda search in Kilkenny city

By Kilkenny Now 31st October 2019 0

A man found carrying a knife was arrested after he was stoped during a random drugs search in Kilkenny city. Kilkenny gardai were on patrol in Peace Park on Tuesday evening when they stopped and searched a man under Section 23 of the Misuse of Drugs Act. The man was found to be carrying a […]

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Man (30s) arrested after huge haul of cannabis discovered in growhouse in Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 26th September 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY A MAN in his 30s is being questioned by Kilkenny gardai after they uncovered a significant amount of drugs from a sophisticated operation. Gardai discovered up to €20,000 worth of cannabis during a raid of a house in Kilkenny City last night. As part of yesterday’s Operation Storm, targeting criminal activity in […]

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UPDATE: 30 arrests, €80k of drugs seized in Garda crackdown on Kilkenny criminals

By Kilkenny Now 13th February 2019 0

THIRTY people were arrested and €80,000 worth of drugs seized in a major crackdown on Kilkenny criminals involving up to 80 gardai in the city and county today. The arrests and drugs seizures are part of the ongoing Garda Operation Storm investigating organised criminal activity in the Kilkenny area. The high-profile operation involved up to […]

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BREAKING: Arrests and drugs seizures as major crackdown on Kilkenny criminals gets underway

By Kilkenny Now 13th February 2019 0

A MAJOR crackdown on organised crime in Kilkenny involving up to 80 gardai from local and specialist divisions is getting underway in the city this morning as part of Operation Storm. KilkennyNow.ie can reveal a number of arrests and drug seizures have already been made as part of a series of “planned and targeted” Garda […]