Cannabis worth €50,000 was seized after gardai swarmed on a woodland in Co Clare.
Officers stormed the area near Clarecastle on Friday as part of an operation targeting criminal activity in the mid-west.
Two men, aged in their 40s and 50s, were later arrested.
During follow-up searches at several locations in the Ennis area, €2,000 worth of cocaine was found, along with drug dealing paraphernalia.
Both men are being held at separate garda stations in the area under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act, 1996.
A garda spokesman said: "As part of ongoing investigations into the activities of criminal groups involved in the sale and supply of controlled drugs and related criminal activity in Mid-West Region, Gardaí carried out an operation in Co. Clare on Friday 16th April 2021.
"In the course of the operation suspected cannabis with a street value of €50,000 was seized by Gardaí during the search of a wooded area near Clarecastle.
"Two males were arrested, one in his mid-forties and one in his late fifties.
"Both are currently detained at Garda Stations in the Clare Garda Division under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act, 1996. They can be held for up to seven days.
"In follow up searches at a number of locations in the Ennis area, approximately €2,000 of suspected cocaine and drug dealing paraphernalia have been seized.
"The operation is being led by Divisional Drugs Units from Clare and Limerick with assistance of the ASU and other local units.
"All of the drugs seized will be forwarded to Forensic Science Ireland (FSI) for analysis.
"The investigation is ongoing and further updates will follow."
