Pubdate: 3 May 1999 Source: Examiner, The (Ireland) Copyright: Examiner Publications Ltd, 1999 Contact: http://www.examiner.ie/ Author: Sean McCarthaigh GARDAI STRIKE BLOW AGAINST DEALERS BY SEIZING DRUGS WORTH IEP400,000 GARDAI recovered drugs estimated to be worth IEP400,000 during two large finds over the weekend in Dublin and Cork. Detectives from Mitchelstown and Fermoy found a medium-size quantity of cannabis during a search operation of a wooded area in north Cork on Saturday afternoon following a number of reports of unusual activity in the area during the past month. Several eye-witnesses had informed local gardaED that they had seen people behaving suspiciously on different occasions. The discovery was made in a wooded area between Kilworth and Ballyporeen. Ten kilogrammes of cannabis resin with a street value of around IEP100,000 were found buried in an area of woodland known as Mountain Barracks. It is believed that the location was being used as a hiding place by a local drug dealer. Although no arrests were made in connection with the cannabis find, Garda believe it will cause major disruption to illegal drug supplies in the north Cork area. Meanwhile, gardai in Dublin uncovered a large quantity of drugs with a street value of IEP300,000 in Dublin Port on Saturday night. Detectives from Kevin Street and Kilmainham made the find as part of an on-going investigation into drug gangs in the city. The haul in the capital consisted mainly of diamorphine as well as a smaller quantity of cocaine. A man in his thirties was arrested under Section 2 of the Drugs Trafficking Act 1996. He is currently being questioned at Kilmainham garda station where he can be held for a maximum of seven days. - --- MAP posted-by: Derek Rea