Man charged after cocaine seized at Galway checkpoint

Galway Bay fm newsroom - A man's been charged after Gardaí found nine thousand euro worth of cocaine in a car at a pandemic checkpoint in Galway yesterday.

Officers at the Operation Fanacht checkpoint stopped the car at about half past four yesterday near Ballinasloe.

A man in his early twenties was arrested, and has since been charged and released from custody.

He's due before Ballinasloe District Court next Thursday.

Photo - Garda Twitter