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Tipperary Gardaí Upset Illegal Drugs Trade Yet Again

**Picture courtesy of An Garda Síochána**

According to An Garda Síochána, shortly after 1:00pm yesterday, the Clonmel Co. Tipperary District Garda Drugs Unit executed a search warrant on a house in the Elm Park area of Clonmel, Co. Tipperary.

During the course of the search, a reported €11,500 in cash was discovered and seized, together with an estimated €200 worth of suspected controlled drugs and a mobile phone. The drugs will now be sent for analysis.

No known arrests as yet have been made, but Gardaí are understood to be following a definite line of enquiry.

Enquiries are also continuing in relation to the origins of the cash seized, which is suspected to be the proceeds of criminal activity.

Homework Helper: Something Fishy

Learn about fish, water and angling with the help of the Irish educational programme ‘Something Fishy’.

‘Something Fishy’ is an Irish educational programme developed by the Central Fisheries Board (CFB) and Blackrock Education Centre (BEC). It is aimed at primary school pupils aged 10-13 years and teaches about fish, water, angling, and the overall environment.

The ‘Something Fishy’ programme comprises a ‘Kids Zone’ (View HERE), ‘Teachers Zone’ (View HERE) and ‘Resources Section’ (View HERE).

The eight lessons supported across the kids, teachers and resource zones enable children to learn about water; the life cycle of a salmon called Bradán; fish and nutrition and how to be a responsible angler, conservationist and environmentalist.

To learn more about the ‘Something Fishy’ programme visit HERE or contact ‘Something Fishy’, Inland Fisheries Ireland, Anglesea Street, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary, by phone on +353 (0)52 618 0055 or by email at contact@fisheriesireland.ie

Help conserve our Irish waterways and protect our fish. Do remember you can report pollution or poaching 24 hours a day by phoning: 1890 34 74 24.

Woman Arrested Following Drug Seizure in Tipperary

Yesterday, Tipperary Gardaí arrested a woman and seized an estimated €25,000 worth of drugs.

Drugs seized are suspected to be alprazolam pills packed in blister packs branded ‘Ksalol’. These suspected drugs will now be sent for analysis.

Alprazolam works by enhancing the activity of certain neurotransmitters in the brain. This medicine can cause birth defects or life-threatening withdrawal symptoms in pregnant women and may not be distributed by a licensed pharmacy. Fatal side effects can occur if alprazolam is taken with alcohol, opioid medicine, or other drugs that cause drowsiness or the slowing down of breathing.

The woman, understood to be aged in her 30’s, was arrested at the scene and detained at Clonmel Garda Station. She has since been released and a file will be prepared for the DPP.

This seizure was made shortly after 3:00pm when Gardaí from the Clonmel District Drugs Unit and Tipperary Divisional Drugs Unit carried out a planned search of a house in the Carrickbeg area of Carrick on Suir, Co. Tipperary.

Cannabis Plants Seized In Co. Tipperary

A Garda search warrant was executed shortly before 7:00pm yesterday; on an address at Ballyrichard Road, Carrick on Suir, Co. Tipperary.

During the search, Gardaí located a polytunnel to the rear of the property which contained an estimated €8,000 of suspected cannabis plants.

The plants seized by uniformed Gardaí from Carrick-on-Suir, assisted by the Clonmel Garda Drugs Unit, will now be sent for further analysis.

Also seized on the property were a hydraulic press; a number of extractor fans and other paraphernalia, normally associated with drug production.

To date, no arrests have been made but investigating Gardaí are understood to be following a definite line of enquiry.

Live Ammunition Located – Hidden In Tipperary Woodland

Gardaí, here in Co. Tipperary, on last Saturday, seized in excess of 1,300 rounds of live ammunition, which were located hidden in a wood in the county.

The ammunition, wrapped in plastic covering, was located by a member of the public, latter out social exercising in the Bishop’s Wood (Irish: Coill an Easpaig) area of Dundrum village, Co. Tipperary; latter just 24 km (25 min. drive) from Thurles town. The area of the find is also close to an International Scouting centre, near the Tipperary village.

Gardaí were immediately alerted and a technical examination and search of the scene and surrounding area was carried out, to no further avail.

The total wrapped consignment contained three packages each in turn containing different calibres of ammunition, and have now been forwarded for technical analysis by Garda ballistics experts.

To date, no arrests have been made and the investigation remains ongoing.

The Garda believe the ammunition may have remained concealed in the Dundrum wood for some period of time, and indeed may date from the an earlier period in our troubled history; hidden by a then partially active IRA unit.