Woman arrested as drugs worth over €250,000 seized in Laois

A woman was arrested following the discovery of over a quarter of million euro worth of drugs in Laois on Wednesday.

Gardaí discovered the drugs after stopping a car on the M7 motorway between the toll plaza and Junction18 in Portlaoise at around 8.15pm on Wednesday evening.

“The car was stopped and as a result of a search under the drugs act a large quantity of cannabis was located in the car,” Gardai said.

Gardaí said 20 kilograms of suspected cannabis which is believed to be worth around €280,000 was discovered during the search of the car.

The woman, who is aged in her early 40s, was arrested and taken to Abbeyleix Garda Station for questioning.