Galway Bay fm newsroom - A 27 year old man is to appear before court this morning in connection with a €50,000 drug seizure in Galway city.
A second man in his 30s, who was also arrested in connection with the investigation, has been released without charge and a file is being prepared for the Director of Public Prosecutions.
Shortly after 7.30 on Sunday evening, Gardai from the Divisional Drugs Unit in Galway stopped and searched a car on the M6 Motorway near Loughrea.
Over €17 thousand in cash was discovered and one man - aged in his 20's - was arrested.
As part of a follow up search, Gardai uncovered what's believed to be a cocaine processing laboratory in Galway City - and seized what's suspected to be cocaine worth €50 thousand.
They discovered drugs manufacturing equippment including industrial gas masks, cash counting machines, a cocaine press, vaccum packing machine and mixing agents.
In another follow-up search, officers from the Galway Divisional Drugs Unit - supported by armed Gardai - also seized €161 thousand in cash at a seperate city property.
A man in his 30's was arrested in relation to the seizures made in the city.
A 27 year old man is to appear before a sitting of Derrynea District Court this morning in connection with the €50,000 drug seizure.
A second man in his 30s, who was also arrested in connection with the matter, has been released without charge and a file is being prepared for the Director of Public Prosecutions.
