Three arrested as drugs seized in Roscrea

Gardai arrested three men and seized €240,000 worth of cannabis during an operation involving Customs in Roscrea today.

As part of an intelligence lead joint operation involving Revenue’s Customs Service, the Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau and the Roscrea Divisional Drugs Unit, a package containing approximately 7 kgs of herbal cannabis was intercepted at an address in Roscrea.

The drugs which had originated in Spain have an estimated street value of approximately €140,000.



Three Lithuanian males, one in his late teens and the other two in their mid 20s, were arrested by Gardai at the scene and have been detained at Nenagh Garda Station under the provisions of section 2 Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act 1996.

In a follow up search at another address in Roscrea a package containing 5kg of herbal cannabis was seized. It has an estimated street value of approximately €100,000.