Gardai seize €8,000 cash following search of car

Gardai in Athlone seized €8,000 cash following the search of a car in Arcadia at the weekend.

The cash was discovered after a vehicle with two occupants was stopped and searched on Saturday last, December 19, around midday.

Investigations are continuing in the case, according to Gardai. There were no arrests on Saturday.

Elsewhere, Gardai were called to an assault at a home in Montree on December 18.

A man in his 20s was arrested at the scene and later charged with assault causing harm.

He appeared at a special court sitting in Mullingar the following day where was remanded on bail to come before Athlone District Court in January.

A woman was treated in Tullamore hospital for injuries sustained in the assaultlt and released later that night.