Gardai made a huge drugs bust yesterday when they seized €94,000 worth of cannabis, €15K in cash and arrested five people in two counties.
The arrests came following a number of search operations in Monaghan and Louth.
Gardai stopped a car in the Cloughvalley Upper area of Carrickmackross at approximately 2:30pm on Wednesday.
They discovered the two men in the car, aged in their 20s and 30s, had €15,500 in cash in their possession, believed to be the proceeds of crime.
The cash was seized and follow up searches were conducted at two residential premises in Drogheda.
Cannabis plants (pending analysis) with an estimated combined value of €30,000 were seized at these premises.
The two men were arrested and are currently detained at Carrickmacross and Castleblayney Garda Stations under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1984.
A garda spokesperson added: "Additional searches were carried out at a residential premises in the Collon area of Co. Louth. Cannabis plants (pending analysis) with an estimated value of €64,000 were seized.
"One woman and two men, all aged in their 40s, were arrested at the scene and are currently detained at Drogheda and Dundalk Garda Stations under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1984."
