Northern Ireland

Suspected drugs worth £100,000 recovered in Co Derry

Suspected drugs worth £100,000 have been recovered in Co Derry
Suspected drugs worth £100,000 have been recovered in Co Derry Suspected drugs worth £100,000 have been recovered in Co Derry

Police have recovered suspected drugs worth an estimated street value of £100,000 in Co Derry.

The “proactive” police operation as carried out in Maghera, Kilrea and Coleraine yesterday.

Officers carried out a search of a property in the Crawfordsburn Drive area of Maghera and uncovered a number of suspected cannabis leaves and other drug paraphernalia.

During follow up searches of properties in the Gorse Road area of Kilrea and the Circular Road area of Coleraine, approximately 160 cannabis plants were seized.

Two men aged 36 and 37 were arrested on suspicion of cultivating cannabis, possession of a class B drug and dishonestly using electricity.