Woman arrested over 1.7 million euro heroin haul

Heroin worth almost 1.7 million euro has been seized by gardai.

The haul came after gardai from the Carlow Drugs Initiative stopped and searched a car in the town and discovered cannabis with a street value of more than 136,000 euro on Sunday.

In a follow-up search of a house in Carlow Town, 12 kilogrammes of suspected heroin was found alongside further cannabis and tablets.

The heroin was valued at 1.68 million euro.

A woman aged in her 30s was arrested under drug trafficking legislation.

A garda spokesperson said the suspected drugs have been submitted for forensic testing and investigations are ongoing.