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€10,000 Of Cannabis Herb, Seized At Thurles Railway Station

Gardaí have forwarded to Forensic Science Ireland, for analysis, what they believe to be €10,000 worth of cannabis herb, latter seized on Wednesday last at Thurles Railway station.

Officers from the Tipperary Divisional Drugs Unit out on patrol have arrested two men; one aged in his 30’s and the other in his 40’s, in connection with the incident.

A spokesperson for the Gardaí has stated that the arresting officers observed two men acting suspiciously. On being approached by Gardaí, one of the men attempted to conceal a bag containing the cannabis herb behind a bin, before fleeing down the railway track.

After a short chase on foot by Gardaí both individuals were apprehended, before being detained at Tullamore Garda station under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act, 1996.

Second Drugs Arrest

Meanwhile, members of the Cahir and Cashel Drugs Unit halted and searched a motor vehicle at John Street, Cashel, Co. Tipperary on the same afternoon. A search of the vehicle revealed a quantity of cocaine and cannabis, leading to the arrest of one other male occupant.

New Area For Fly Tipping In Thurles

“Men prefer darkness, because their deeds are evil”.
Gospel according to St. John, Chapter 3 -Verse 18.

When Mother Nature removed her warm “overcoat of green and pleasant foliage” last winter, she revealed the fact that Fly Tippers had located a new area in which to secretly dump their domestic rubbish, here in Thurles, Co. Tipperary.

Obviously, conscience of the Covid-19 virus restrictions, the criminal in question did not go past the 5 kilometre (3.1 miles) limits, to the bog lands of Templetouhy or Littleton.
No, thankfully, instead they took advantage of the dark area on the north side of the Archerstown Road, to the rear of Thurles Golf Club, (close to the bad bend), to rid themselves of their beer bottles, toys and other unwanted trash.

Hopefully, Ms Cora Morrissey (Administrative Officer Environment & Climate Action Section, Tipperary Co. Council) will now scramble her forensic investigation team, to check out the contents, or maybe the ‘Fly Tipper’ responsible, may since have obtained his trash /recycling bins and suffering pangs of conscience; could rush back to erase all evidence of this deed, most foul.

Then again “Pigs may fly” and “Hell may freeze over”.

Search Warrant Leads To Tipperary Drug Dealers Arrest

Yesterday evening shortly before 6:00pm, members of the Clonmel Drugs and Community Policing Units, assisted by Unit D Clonmel Garda Station, Co. Tipperary carried out a search under warrant in the Elm Park area of Clonmel.

Various controlled drugs including amphetamines, MDMA, alprazolam and diazepam with an estimated street value of €5,500 were recovered along with digital scales and deal bags.

A 30 year old male was arrested at the scene and is currently detained at Clonmel Garda Station.

The items seized will be forwarded to Forensic Science Ireland for further confirmation and analysis.

Gardaí Halt Sulky Race & Seize Horse In Tipperary

At approximately at 12:00 noon today, Clonmel Gardaí received a number of calls, regarding an illegal sulky race (harness race) observed to be in progress on the main road, between Lisronagh village, Co. Tipperary and Clonmel town, Co. Tipperary.

**Picture courtesy An Garda Síochána**, **Tipperary**.

A number of units including Regular Gardaí and Road Garda officers attended and intercepted several sulkies accompanied by vehicles travelling in attendance.

The race was halted and a number of tickets for breach of National Public Health Guidelines (being outside the legal 5k limit) and various other traffic offences were issued.

In addition one horse, pictured above, was seized from its owner, when it was discovered to be unchipped and unlicensed.

Gardaí Continue War On Drugs In Tipperary.

Gardaí confirm that at approximately 8.30pm yesterday, February 24th, 2021, members of the Drugs, Detective Branch and Community Policing Units at Clonmel, Co. Tipperary, carried out a search under warrant at Cooleens Close, Clonmel.

During the course of this search, quantities of Ecstasy, LSD and Cannabis with an estimated street value of €1300 were recovered.

A 21 year old male was arrested at the scene and was detained under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1984.

He has since been released pending analysis of the substances located and a file is expected to be submitted to the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).