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Cocaine crackdown: Kilkenny gardai raid 16 local premises, €40k of drugs seized

By Kilkenny Now 24th January 2020 0

Cocaine, heroin, downers and cannabis worth up to €40,000 were recovered and 14 people charged with drug offences following a planned crackdown on the sale and supply of drugs in Kilkenny. Earlier this week the Kilkenny-Carlow Divisional Drugs Unit conducted targeted searches on 16 locations throughout counties Kilkenny and Carlow. As a result of the […]

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Kilkenny man to appear in court over drugs and growhouse discovery

By Kilkenny Now 16th October 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY A Kilkenny man and a Tipperary man are to appear in court in relation to the discovery of a “sophisticated growhouse” operation and an estimated €55,000 worth of drugs on the Kilkenny / Tipperary border. The two men, both in their 40s, were arrested after gardai swooped on the growhouse close to […]

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Cocaine discovered in raid on city centre business

By Kilkenny Now 9th October 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY A MAN in his mid-30s was arrested after gardai raided a business in the city centre and found drugs and weighing equipment on the premises. In a planned raid on the city centre business, gardai discovered €630 worth of cocaine, €150 worth of cannabis, and weighing scales commonly used in drugs distribution. […]

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BUSTED: Gardai weed out €1,000 of cannabis after raid on house in Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 13th July 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY GARDAI seized €1,000 worth of cannabis during a raid on a house in Kilkenny city. The planned raid on a the address in the Lakeside area of the city took place on Monday afternoon. Gardai discover the stash of cannabis along with drug paraphernalia associated with the sale and supply of drugs. […]

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Almost €3,000 of drugs seized in separate raids within 24 hours in Kilkenny city

By Kilkenny Now 24th April 2019 0

GARDAI in Kilkenny seized almost €3,000 of drugs in two similar raids on houses in Kilkenny city in the space of less than 24 hours. Drugs with a combined estimated value of €1,000 were found during a planned raid on a house in the Vicar Street area of the city at 8pm last Wednesday. A […]