03/02/2016

Benzodiazepine Tablets Worth €21,000 Seized In Limerick

A total of 10,500 Benzodiazepine tablets, worth an estimated street value of €21,000, have been seized in Limerick.

The seizure was part of an intelligence-led joint operation by Revenue, An Garda Síochána and the Health Products Regulatory Authority (HPRA).

The discovery was made in Kilkeely on Monday.

The tablets had been sent from Austria.

A man was arrested under the provisions of Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act 1996.

(CD)

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