Two men were arrested after almost €800,000 worth of cannabis herb was seized in Cork city on Friday evening.
Gardai stopped a car on the Glanmire Road by Kent Station at 5pm and found 5.5kg of cannabis herb worth an estimated €110,000.
Two men were arrested in connection with the seizure and are currently detained at Mayfield Garda Station, Cork Beo reports.
In follow-up searches at a house in Togher and of another car a further €680,000 was seized.
A garda spokesperson said: "As the result of an ongoing investigation into drug dealing in Cork City, the Cork City Divisional Drug Unit stopped a car on Lower Glanmire Road, Cork shortly after 5pm yesterday evening, Friday 22nd June, 2019.
"Two men, in their 40s were stopped and their vehicle searched, and 5.5kgs of cannabis herb with an estimated street value of €110,000 (subject to analysis) was seized and both men arrested.
"The two men were taken to Mayfield Garda Station were they are currently detained under Section 2, Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act, 1996.
"In a follow up search at a house and a vehicle in Togher cannabis herb was seized with an estimated street value of €680,000 (subject to analysis). Both men remain in Garda custody and investigations are ongoing."
