File for the DPP after 75k drugs bust

A file is currently being prepared for the DPP after gardai seized heroin with an estimated street value of €75,000 just before Christmas. Two people were arrested on Friday, December 21 after the quantity of heroin was discovered during a search of a car on Athlone's westside. Local gardaí stopped and searched a car travelling on Lyster Street shortly before 10am on Friday as part of a planned operation. A 25-year-old woman was arrested at the scene. Shortly afterwards a 29-year-old man was arrested during a follow-up search of a house at Goldsmith View in Athlone in connection with the drugs bust. Both were subsequently detained for questioning in Athlone and later released without charge. A file is currently being prepared for the Director of Public Prosecutions in connection with the seizure.