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15th Apr 2018

Gardaí arrest suspected drunk driver in car with no tax or insurance, carrying €38k worth of cannabis

Conor Heneghan

Zuhair Chowdhury

That’s quite a long list of offences.

Gardaí on patrol in Tipperary on Saturday arrested a driver who was detected exceeding the speed limit, suspected of drink-driving and driving a car that had no tax, no insurance and contained cannabis with an estimated street value of €38,000.

The Garda unit, operating on the M8 in Cahir, detected the 39-year-old driver at approximately 3pm and arrested him on suspicion of drunk driving and for no insurance and no road tax.

During the course of a search of the car and the 39-year-old man, Cannabis herb (subject to analysis) with an estimated street value of €38,000 was seized, as was the car he was driving.

The arrested man is due before a special sitting of Cashel District Court today (Sunday).

Investigations are continuing.

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