{"id":262245,"date":"2026-01-24T21:26:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T21:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/262245\/"},"modified":"2026-01-24T21:26:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T21:26:09","slug":"car-stop-leads-to-e660k-drugs-seizures-at-multiple-cork-locations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/262245\/","title":{"rendered":"Car stop leads to \u20ac660k drugs seizures at multiple Cork locations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two arrests made as part of Operation Tara<\/p>\n<p>18:00, 24 Jan 2026Updated 18:01, 24 Jan 2026<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1769289969_23_0_90284742.jpg\" alt=\"Garda car at scene of crash (stock)\" loading=\"eager\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Gardai in Cork have seized herbal cannabis with an estimated value of \u20ac660k after a search of a vehicle led to follow-up operations targeting homes in Cork City.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">As part of an ongoing operation targeting the sale and supply of drugs in the area, Garda\u00ed in Cork city stopped and searched a vehicle seizing \u20ac50,000 worth of suspected cannabis on Thursday 22nd.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">A spokesperson said: &#8220;Garda\u00ed carried out follow-up searches under warrant at a number of locations in Cork city during which suspected cannabis with an estimated value of \u20ac610,000 was seized, subject to analysis.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Two men, aged in their 20s and 30s, arrested in relation to this investigation have been charged and appeared before a special sitting of Mallow District Court today, Saturday 24th January 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Both men have been remanded to appear before Cork District Court on Wednesday, 22nd April 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The drugs will be sent to Forensic Science Ireland for analysis.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Investigations are ongoing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two arrests made as part of Operation Tara 18:00, 24 Jan 2026Updated 18:01, 24 Jan 2026 Gardai in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":262246,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1115,61,60,43],"class_list":["post-262245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-crime","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=262245"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262245\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/262246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=262245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=262245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=262245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}