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Busted: €2,500 worth of cannabis seized at house in Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 9th February 2021 0

Gardai discovered €2,500 worth of cannabis in a search of a house in Kilkenny. The planned raid took place at a house in the city on Saturday night. Members of the Kilkenny Divisional Drugs Unit discovered €2,500 cannabis and other paraphernalia consistent with the sale and supply of drugs. The suspect was arrested and charged […]

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Man arrested after gardai seize drugs during raid on house in Kilkenny city

By Kilkenny Now 8th February 2021 0

A man is due to appear in court after after drugs were seized during a Garda raid on a house in Kilkenny. The drugs were discovered during a planned operation by the Kilkenny Divisional Drugs Unit on a house in the city on Saturday evening. A local Garda spokesperson confirmed officers seized €500 worth of […]

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Heroin, cocaine and cannabis seized during search of car in Kilkenny town

By Kilkenny Now 1st February 2021 0

A man his to appear in court after being found in possession of a significant amount of drugs while driving in a county Kilkenny town. The incident occurred after gardai stopped a car in Ballyragget at 11.30pm on Saturday night. During a search, €840 worth of heroin, €70 of cocaine, €300 worth of cannabis and […]

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Car-azy: Drug driver caught speeding and driving dangerously on Kilkenny road

By Kilkenny Now 16th December 2020 0

A driver caught speeding byh gardai in county Kilkenny was also found to be high on drugs. The motorist was arrested by members of the Kilkenny Roads Policing Unit while they were on a routine patrol in Clara on Sunday evening. Gardai stopped the car after they clocked the vehicle doing speeds of 120kph in […]

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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 […]

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Busted: Man caught with €8,000 worth of cocaine in Kilkenny city

By Kilkenny Now 17th November 2020 0

A man was caught with €8,000 worth of cocaine in Kilkenny city. The drugs were found after the man was stopped and searched by gardai in the Butts area of the city on Saturday night. The suspect was arrested and taken to Kilkenny Garda Station, where he was later charged. A local Garda spokesperson confirmed […]

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Crime-busting canine sniffs out drugs destined for Kilkenny at mail centre

By Kilkenny Now 14th October 2020 0

Drugs destined for the Kilkenny market have been uncovered at a national mail centre by a customs sniffer dog. More than €38,000 worth of illegal substances were seized at Athlone mail centre in county Westmeath after Bailey (pictured) the sniffer dog rooted them out. The canny canine discovered 1.5kg of herbal cannabis, ketamine, heroin, meth, […]

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Cannabis plants and pills seized in raids on properties in Kilkenny city

By Kilkenny Now 31st July 2020 0

Gardai seized close to €8,000 worth of drugs in a series of planned raids in Kilkenny city yesterday evening. A large quantity of cannabis plants and illegal tablets were discovered after two properties in the city were targeted by members of the Kilkenny Divisional Drugs Unit. Some €1,600 worth of cannabis plants was discovered in […]

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Suspect in custody following discovery of cannabis grow house in Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 1st July 2020 0

A man is being questioned after the discovery of €40,000 worth of drugs at a premise in Kilkenny. The drugs were discovered during a planned raid which took place in the city at midnight. Gardai discovered a sophisticated operation growing cannabis plants, all at different stages of development. A local man was arrested under section […]

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Kilkenny gardai make major breakthrough in fight against organised crime: gun, ammunition, cocaine and cash seized

By Kilkenny Now 21st May 2020 0

Gardai in Kilkenny and Waterford have made a major breakthrough in ther fight against organised crime in the south east. Today it emerged some €35,000 worth of cocaine was recovered in Glenmore in south Kilkenny during a follow-up search after operation yesterday which resulted in the arrests of four men. The four, suspected members of […]