Working as part of the Joint Agency Task Force (JATF), the Police Service of Northern Ireland and members attached to the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau conducted coordinated and simultaneous search operations earlier today, Tuesday 5 December.
Detectives from the Police Service’s Organised Crime Branch, who carried out searches in Newry, seized a number of items, including a vehicle and mobile phones. All have been removed for further examination.
Today’s searches are part of an investigation, led by An Garda Síochána, into a large seizure of cocaine from a cargo ship off the coast of Cork on Tuesday 26 September.
Working with partners, the Police Service is committed to detecting and preventing drug-related activity – from the importation of drugs to the inevitable fallout.
Anyone with information, or concerns, about the illegal use or supply of drugs is asked to contact police on 101.
Searches carried out in Newry as part of Joint Agency Task Force (JATF) operation
- 05 December 2023
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Newry, Mourne and Down