{"id":109241,"date":"2025-10-28T23:04:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T23:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/109241\/"},"modified":"2025-10-28T23:04:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T23:04:08","slug":"man-arrested-as-gardai-seize-e8m-worth-of-suspected-cocaine-in-laois","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/109241\/","title":{"rendered":"Man arrested as garda\u00ed seize \u20ac8m worth of suspected cocaine in Laois"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/a07b2aa8-1015-46dd-bcaf-4653f1a3dc6a.jpg\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"100%\" data-testid=\"article-image\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">A haul of suspected cocaine worth an estimated \u20ac8m has been seized in Co Laois.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Garda\u00ed seized 116 kilos of the substance along with a number of electronic devices during a search at a residential address and lands in the area on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">One man has been arrested.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">The move came as part of Operation Tara which aims to disrupt, dismantle and prosecute drug trafficking networks at international, national and local level involved in the importation, distribution, cultivation, production, local sale and supply of controlled drugs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">A Garda spokesperson said the man, aged in his 30s, is being detained at a Laois Garda Station.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">The drugs seized are to be forwarded to Forensic Science Ireland (FSI) for analysis.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Detective Chief Superintendent Seamus Boland, head of the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau, hailed the haul.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">\u201cAn Garda Siochana will continue to focus our resources on those who collaborate with and facilitate organised crime,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">\u201cWe are determined to continue dismantling drug trafficking routes into Ireland and will continue doing our part to keep our communities safer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">\u201cPlease think before you use.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A haul of suspected cocaine worth an estimated \u20ac8m has been seized in Co Laois. 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