Gardaí in the region recently conducted a series of patrols whereby a weighing scales and suspected cocaine was seized.
During the St. Patrick’s Day weekend, Gardaí attached to the Mayo section of the Mayo Roscommon Longford Drugs Unit conducted patrols throughout towns and villages across West Roscommon.
This included, Ballinlough, Cloonfad, Loughglynn, Ballaghadereen and Castlerea.
The aim of the operation, according to Gardaí, was to disrupt those involved in the sale and supply of controlled drugs, particularly cocaine in and around the social settings of the ‘Night Time Economy’.
In one such patrol in the centre of Castlerea, they encountered a vehicle which aroused their suspicions. A lawful search under the Misuse of Drugs Act was conducted resulting in the seizure of a weighing scales and a white powder believed to be cocaine.
This powder will be sent for analysis to Forensic Science Ireland and if confirmed as cocaine, due to the quantity and potential street value involved, estimated to be €900, a file will be prepared for the DPP seeking a prosecution for sale and supply of drugs.
