Gardaí searched a hotel room on the southside of the city under warrant at around 4pm on Saturday
Cork gardaí have arrested a man after the discovery of more than €200,000 worth of drugs in a hotel room. Photograph: Alan Betson/The Irish Timeshave arrested a man after the discovery of more than €200,000 worth of drugs in a hotel room in Cork City over the weekend.
Detectives found 15,000 ecstasy tablets with a street value of €185,000 and a half kilo of cocaine with a street value of €35,000 that they believe were destined for the Cork market. He is being held under drugs trafficking legislation that allow suspects to be held for up to seven days, before they must either be charged by gardaí or be released.
Officers found the drugs hidden in a secret compartment when they stopped and searched a car on the main Cork-Dublin Road, the M8, at Glanmire on the outskirts of Cork City.
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