Man arrested over Louth cocaine seizure

Gardai were tonight questioning a 27-year-old man about the seizure of €160,000 worth of cocaine in County Louth.

Gardai were tonight questioning a 27-year-old man about the seizure of €160,000 worth of cocaine in County Louth.

Gardai searched a house in Drogheda this morning as part of an ongoing investigation and discovered the cocaine.

A Garda spokesman said the man was arrested in the raid and is being detained for questioning at Drogheda Garda Station under section 2 of The Drug Trafficking act.

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