Gardaí have arrested a woman and seized €72,000 in cash following the search of a house in Westbury in South East Clare.
Shortly after 7pm last Sunday evening, Gardaí from the Limerick Divisional Drugs Unit, assisted by the Armed Response Unit, executed a search warrant at a house in the Westbury area.
The search operation took place as part of an ongoing operation targeting the sale and supply of drugs. During the course of the search Gardaí seized approximately €72,000 in cash.
A woman, aged in her 20s, was arrested at the scene and brought to Henry Street Garda Station.
She was detained under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act, 1996 and has since been released.
A file will be prepared for the Director of Public Prosecutions.
A native of Ennis, Colin McGann has been editor of The Clare Champion since August 2020. Former editor of The Clare People, he is a journalism and communications graduate of Dublin Institute of Technology.