Drug info - €500,000 worth of cocaine siezed in Cork, Ireland

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Taken from http://breakingnews.iol.ie

Pair held after drugs raid
15/11/2006 - 00:08:18

A man and a woman are being questioned by detectives after a major drugs seizure in Co Cork.

The pair were arrested in Fermoy after being stopped at a garda checkpoint at 9.30pm.

Officers searched the car they were travelling in and discovered six kilos of cocaine, estimated to have a street value of up to €500,000.

The drugs had been sent for forensic analysis, said Sgt Brendan Costello.

The man, in his 40s, and the woman, in her 20s, are being detained at Fermoy Garda Station under Section 2 of the Drug Trafficking Act.

Under the legislation they can be held for up to seven days.

The checkpoint was set up as part of Operation Anvil, which was launched by gardai last year to target gangland activity and gun crime.