€210,000 worth of cocaine was obtained by An Garda Síochána following a search operation in Tuamgraney on Saturday.

Members of the Killaloe Detective Unit, Ennis Detective Unit and Clare/Tipperary Drugs Unit with assistance from the Regional Dog Unit carried out the search of a residential premises in Tuamgraney as part of the operation.

They searched a vehicle on the premises which resulted in the recovery of suspected cocaine with an estimated value of €210,000.

A man, aged in his 40s, was arrested and brought to a Garda Station in Co. Clare. He is currently detained under the provisions of Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act 1996.

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