This article is from page 6 of the 2006-04-25 edition of The Clare People. OCR mistakes are to be expected so download the original SWF or the rendered page 6 JPG
LAST week’s heroin haul at an Ennis hotel had been transported from Limerick, according to gardaí. More than €15,000 worth of the drug was seized by gardai, during a search of a hotel bedroom in Ennis town, early last Tuesday.
Two men – one in his 20s and the other in his 30s – were seen getting into a car and entering a hotel carpark. They were stopped and searched by members of the Clare Garda Divisional Drugs Unit.
A key to a hotel bedroom was found and the room was searched, which yielded the drugs.
The two – one from Ennis and the other from outside the town – were detained at Ennis Garda Station, before being released without charge. A file is being sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions.
It was part of garda surveillance into drug dealing in Ennis, and follows smaller seizures of heroin in recent weeks.
“We are satisfied the heroin came from Limerick. It would be for sale around Ennis town. This seizure is substantial in our fight against heroin,” said a Garda Spokesman.
“Heroin is becoming very common around towns like Ennis. It is very addictive and tends to lead to more crime. Crime levels increase as a result of heroin use.
“There has been quite a number of small heroin seizures in recent weeks. We are anxious it does not take hold,” he added.