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DONEGAL GARDAI BUST MAJOR POSTAL DRUGS SMUGGLING OPERATION

written by Stephen Maguire November 7, 2012
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BREAKING NEWS: Customs officers and the Gardai in Co Donegal have smashed a drugs smuggling operation.

Drugs worth more than €140,000 was seized when they were posted to an address in Lettekenny yesterday.

In a follow-up operation a 28 year old man was arrested and is being questioned at Letterkenny Garda station.

The drugs, 4- Methylethcathinone, with an estimated street value of €140,000, was seized at a private house and weigh 4 kilograms.

4 MEC, is a synthetic stimulant that is chemically similar to Mephedrone.

Gardai across Donegal have been carrying out numerous searches as part of an overall campiagn against drug-delaing.

Officers raided a house in the Mountaintop area last night and this morning detectives were searching fields in and around the dual carriageway outside of Letetrkenny.

Gardai in Letterkenny are remaining tight-lipped about the operation.

 

 

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Stephen Maguire

Stephen Maguire is the co-founder of Donegal Daily. He has worked as a reporter for almost 30 years starting locally with the Donegal Peoples Press before moving to the Mirror Group. He continues to contribute daily to national media outlets including the Irish Times, RTE, the Irish Independent, Irish Sun, Irish Mirror, Irish Star, the Daily Mail and the Examiner.

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