A shot of the drugs seized in Athlone on Tuesday night. Photo: An Garda Síochána Facebook page.

Major drugs seizure in Athlone

A major haul of drugs worth an estimated €113,200 has been discovered in Athlone.

The seizure was made following the search of a residential property in the town on Tuesday night at around 8.15pm.

In all, heroin worth €79,240, cannabis with a street value of €25,000, €6,700 of diazepam tablets and €2,310 of cocaine were all found during the course of the search.

A male youth was arrested at the scene and is currently being detained under the provisions of Section 4 of the Criminal Justice act 1984 at Athlone Garda station.

Investigations are ongoing.

All drugs will now be sent for further analysis.