30/11/2006

Drugs find in County Armagh

Police in County Armagh have seized a quantity of drugs following a planned police search yesterday evening.

The planned operation was carried out at a premises in the Parkmore area of Craigavon shortly before 11pm last night, when drugs with an potential street value of £14,000 were recovered.

During the raid, officers found a quantity of suspected amphetamines, 68g of suspected cocaine, 1000 suspected ecstasy tablets and 5000 suspected diazepam tablets.

A spokesperson for the PSNI said that an inquiry into the discovery of the drugs is ongoing.

(EF)

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