{"id":506232,"date":"2026-06-18T14:48:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T14:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/506232\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T14:48:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T14:48:09","slug":"cocaine-and-cash-seized-in-major-garda-operation-in-cork-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/506232\/","title":{"rendered":"Cocaine and cash seized in major garda operation in Cork city"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Up to 40 garda\u00ed, including members of the Armed Support Unit, took part in a search operation in Hollyhill on Thursday morning.<\/p>\n<p>A quantity of drugs, believed to be cocaine, was seized during the operation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The suspected drugs were recovered in two separate packages, one of which was found on communal ground near the housing complex.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">A quantity of cash was also seized.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The operation began at approximately 7.45am and concluded shortly after 11am.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">It is understood the search formed part of an investigation into the sale and supply of cocaine in Cork city.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The ISPCA was called to retrieve animals reported to be in a state of serious neglect.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">A second drugs search was also carried out at a house on Cork city&#8217;s southside, near Evergreen Road, later on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Drugs were also seized during the second search operation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Up to 40 garda\u00ed, including members of the Armed Support Unit, took part in a search operation in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":506233,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[72,79,61,60],"class_list":["post-506232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-cork-news","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/506232","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=506232"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/506232\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/506233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=506232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=506232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=506232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}