As part of ongoing investigations into the activities of an organised crime group based in Sligo, Gardaí conducted an operation over the weekend of 14th-16th August 2026.
As part of the operation, Gardaí from the Sligo/Leitrim Crime Functional Area, supported by the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau, stopped and searched a vehicle in Carrick-on-Shannon, Co Leitrim and one in Keadue, Co Roscommon.
Suspected cocaine with an estimated street value of €100,000 was seized and two people were arrested.
The man (aged in his 40s) and the woman (in her 50s) are being detained at a station in the Garda North Western Region under Section 50 of the Criminal Justice Act 2007.
The drugs will be sent to Forensic Science Ireland for analysis.
Investigations are ongoing.
