Updated: 3.30pm, March 17, 2021
GARDAÍ have confirmed that €2.8million worth of cocaine was seized in Donegal last night.
Officers from the Milford District Drugs Unit carried out an intelligence led operation.
Examinations of a vehicle resulted in the seizure of 41kg of a substance believed to cocaine with an estimated street value of €2,800,000.
It is understood that the stash was found concealed in the panels of a van believed to have come in from the UK.
Milford Garda Station. (North West Newspix)
A spokesperson from the Garda Press Office told Donegal Daily: “Investigating Gardaí at Milford are liaising with the Garda National Drugs & Organised Crime Bureau and the Police Service of Northern Ireland in respect of this investigation.”
Milford Garda Superintendent David Kelly, who is leading the investigation, said: “This significant seizure has reduced the supply of illegal drugs in our community thereby increasing community safety.”
There have been no arrests made yet in connection with the seizure.
Superintendent David Kelly. (North West Newspix)