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Man charged after cocaine seized at Galway checkpoint

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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.

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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.

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He's due before Ballinasloe District Court next Thursday.

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Photo - Garda Twitter

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