Man arrested after drugs and cash find in Sligo

Update at 11pm: This evening a woman in her 20s was arrersted after another €45k worth of canabis resin was discovered in another house in the area. The pair are being held at Ballymote garda Station.

Man arrested after drugs and cash find in Sligo

Update at 11pm: This evening a woman in her 20s was arrersted after another €45k worth of canabis resin was discovered in another house in the area. The pair are being held at Ballymote garda Station.

A 53-year-old man has been arrested in Sligo after a major drugs and cash find.

Officers found cocaine and cannabis when they stopped and searched a car on Langan Drive yesterday evening.

Follow up raids on homes in the town revealed more drugs, as well as a stash of cash worth over €91,000.

The drugs are believed to have a street value of over €24,000.

A 53-year-old man is being questioned this evening at Ballymote Garda Station.

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