15-year-old detained following €113k drugs seizure

A 15-year old is still being questioned this evening following the seizure of over €113,000 of drugs on Tuesday night.

The haul, a mixture of heroin, cannabis, diazepam tablets and cocaine, were discovered following the search of a residential property on the Leinster side of the town by detectives from Athlone.

In all, heroin worth a total of €79,240, cannabis with a street value of €25,000, €6,700 worth of diazepam tablets and €2,310 of cocaine were all found during the course of the search.

A male youth was arrested at the scene and he is still being detained under the provisions of Section 4 of the Criminal Justice act 1984 in Athlone Garda station.

Investigations are ongoing. All drugs will now be sent for further analysis.