21/02/2006

Three arrested after 'substantial' drugs find in Derry

Police in Londonderry have arrested three people after a quantity of cocaine was seized in the City.

Detectives are currently questioning two men and a woman after what has been described as "a substantial quantity" of the drug was recovered with an estimated street value put at £500,000.

The drugs were seized during what was described as a planned police operation in the Derry area and a further investigation of the scene is set to continue.

(EF/SP)

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