A prison officer was arrested after being found with around 40 mobile phones and a quantity of drugs, it emerged today.
He was arrested in Limerick City Centre at around 8.30pm yesterday and is being questioned at Roxboro Garda Station.
Gardaí said a man in his 50s was detained after a number of mobile phones and a quantity of cannabis and cocaine were found in a car.
A Garda spokesman said he is being questioned under Section 2 of the Drug Trafficking Act.
He can be held for up to seven days.
The Prisons Service said it was a Garda matter and could not comment.
It is understood the officer worked at Limerick Prison.
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