Three held following drug seizure

Gardai have arrested two men and a woman in Co Kildare following a seizure of cocaine with an estimated street value of up to…

Gardai have arrested two men and a woman in Co Kildare following a seizure of cocaine with an estimated street value of up to €40,000 last night.

Two men, aged 25 and 37, and a 25-year-old woman were arrested at the scene and are being detained at Newbridge garda station.

The drug find was made following the search of a car in the Curragh, Co. Kildare at 9.45pm yesterday.  .

The men -  aged 25 and 37 - and the woman, aged 25, were arrested and are being detained at Newbridge Garda Station under the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act, 1996.

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