22/05/2009

Court Appearance On Bray Drugs Charges

A man is to appear in the Bridewell Courts this Morning in connection with the drug seizure in Bray on Wednesday.

He faces charges after the gardaí seized a quantity of drugs following the operation in Co Wicklow.

The operation was carried out by the Drugs Unit attached to Bray Garda Station assisted by the local Detective Unit & Garda Task Force.

They said that, at 7.30pm an open area was searched and a quantity of drugs seized.

The approximate value of the drugs seized - identified as cocaine and ecstasy - was thought to be about €450,000.

They arrested a man in his 30s who was initially detained at Bray Garda Station under Section 2 of the Drug Trafficking Act which provides for a maximun detention period of seven days.

(BMcC/JM)

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