Gardai make arrests after €50,000 drugs find in Offaly town

Gardai have arrested two men after a major drugs haul in Portarlington on the Laois-Offaly border.

The men, aged in their 30s and late 20s were apprehended at a house in the town late on Tuesday night, May 5.

Gardai had carried out a search of the property where they uncovered €50,000 worrh of herbal cannabis.

The two men are being detained at Portlaoise Garda Station.