Huge amount of drugs found after man fled Waterford gardaí on foot
By Justin Kelly
Published 21st Nov 2019, 15:56 BST
On Wednesday, November 20, at approximately 4.35pm, the Waterford Divisional Drugs Unit were carrying out surveillance in the Ballybricken area when members of the drug unit approached a suspect male.
On seeing gardaí, he fled on foot and dropped a bag of suspected cocaine with an estimated street value of approximately €1,000.
Gardaí arrested a 28-year-old male and he was detained at Waterford Garda station.
In a follow-up search related to this incident, Gardaí searched a house in the Cherrymount area of the city and discovered over €30,000 of suspected cannabis resin.
The 28-year-old male was later released from custody. A file will be prepared for the Director of Public Prosecutions.
Investigations are ongoing.