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06 Sept 2025

PICTURE: €500,000 worth of cannabis seized on the M9 motorway after joint operation

Seizure took place at Templemartin on the M9 motorway

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A picture of the cannabis

A male is in custody at Kilkenny Garda Station over a drugs haul with an estimated street value of €500,000.

The foreign national, in his thirties, was stopped during a joint garda operation between Carlow/Kilkenny and Wexford Gardaí.

The seizure took place at Templemartin on the M9 motorway on Wednesday morning at approximately 10am.

The Garda operation was intelligence-led and the drugs were destined for Kilkenny City.

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