Gardaí have arrested a man and seized €6,375 of suspected drugs in Cork City on August 5, 2020.

At 8pm Gardaí from the City Centre Policing Unit, assisted by Gardaí from Anglesea Street and Bridewell Garda Stations, executed a search warrant at an apartment on Barrack Street.

During the course of the search Gardaí seized €4,200 of cocaine and €2,175 of cannabis oils, cannabis vape pens and cannabis jellies. A weighing scales was also seized.

The suspected drugs will now be sent to Forensic Science Ireland for analysis.

A man, aged in his 20s, was arrested at the scene and brought to Bridewell Garda Station where he is currently detained under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act, 1984.

The search took place as part of an ongoing operation targeting the sale and supply of drugs in Cork City centre.

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