Gardaí in Clare seize drugs worth €4 million

File pictures of ecstasy, cocaine and cannabis.

File pictures of ecstasy, cocaine and cannabis.

A man has been arrested following the seizure of drugs with a potential street value of €4 million in Co Clare today.

Gardaí from Co Clare and the National Drug Unit made the seizure after stopping a van in the Killaloe area shortly after 10am.

According to a Garda spokesman, large quantities of cannabis, cocaine, amphetamines and ecstasy were found.

The man in his forties is being detained at Killaloe Garda Station.

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