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06 Sept 2025
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Nearly half a million euro worth of cannabis has been found by Gardai after they searched a car that had crashed in Co Wexford.
Gardai on patrol came across a single-vehicle crash in New Ross on Sunday at around 3pm.
The driver of the car was uninjured, and Gardai said they spoke with him.
A search of the vehicle was then carried out, where three large sports bags which contained cannabis herb with an estimated street value of 485,800 euro were found.
The seized drugs are to be sent to Forensic Science Ireland for analysis.
The driver, a man in his mid-30s, was arrested and taken to a Garda station in Co Wexford where he is being detained under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act, 1996.
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