As part of an intelligence led operation targeting persons suspected to be involved in organised crime in the Sligo, a Joint Operation was conducted by personnel attached to the Revenue Customs Service, the Garda National Drugs & Organised Crime Bureau (GNDOCB) and the Sligo Divisional Drugs Unit.

During the course of this operation Revenue officers seized approximately 6.6 kilograms of herbal cannabis with an estimated value of €132,400.

Gardaí arrested one male aged 22 who is currently detained under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act 1996 at a Garda Station in Co. Sligo.

Investigations are ongoing.