Gardaí have seized a quantity of drugs, a firearm and other items during searches undertaken in Ennis today.
The items were seized as part of an operation targeting the sale and supply of drugs.
The operation was conducted by members attached to the Clare / Tipperary Divisional Crime Task Force, supported by the Southern Region Armed Support Unit, the Divisional Drugs Unit and the Garda Dog Unit.
Over €1,600 of suspected cocaine, a cocaine press and a shotgun were seized while a number of other weapons, drugs paraphernalia, and a small amount of cannabis were also seized.
Gardaí have confirmed that no arrests have been made while the drugs and firearm will be sent to Forensic Science Ireland for examination.
A spokesperson added that “investigations are ongoing.”
This seizure forms part of Operation Tara, an enhanced national anti-drugs strategy launched by Garda Commissioner Drew Harris in July 2021.
The focus of Operation Tara is to disrupt, dismantle, and prosecute drug trafficking networks at all levels – international, national, and local – involved in the importation, distribution, cultivation, production, local sale, and supply of controlled drugs.