Drugs arrest after investigation in Kildare KILDARE

REVENUE officers have seized cannabis with an estimated value of over €400,000 during searches in Kildare.

The seizure was made as part of an intelligence-led operation involving Revenue’s Customs Service, the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau (GNDOCB) and the Kildare Divisional Drugs Unit.

During the course of the operation, Revenue officers seized approximately 17kgs of herbal cannabis with an estimated street value of €340,000.

In a follow up search at an industrial premises in Athy, Co. Kildare, a further

3kgs of herbal cannabis, with an estimated value of €60,000, were uncovered.

Revenue also seized 272 packets of edible jellies, with an estimated value of €13,600.

A man in his 40s was arrested by An Garda Síochána and was detained under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act 1996.

This operation was part of Revenue’s continuing joint investigations targeting organised crime groups and the importation, sale and supply of illegal drugs.

Disappearance of couple remains a mystery

AN investigation is underway after arson attacks were carried out on two cars in in the Newtownards area of Co. Down.

PSNI officers are appealing to the public for information following the two separate incidents which were caused by incendiary devices. There were no reports of any injuries in the attacks.

A PSNI spokesperson said that one car in the north Down area had been set alight

The PSNI’s Inspector Hanna said of the attacks: “It is extremely fortunate that no one was injured in what can only be described as reckless attacks that could have resulted in more serious consequences.

“Both incidents are being treated as arson and officers are investigating a number of lines of enquiry in relation to the fires.”

ON THE anniversary of one of the most baffling missing persons cases ever to occur in Ireland, gardaí, community groups and friends of a couple who disappeared in 1991 have made fresh appeals for any information in the case.

Cork Beo reports that the sudden and complete disappearance of the quiet couple, both in their sixties, from a Cork town in broad daylight remains a mystery. A statement on An Garda Síochána website says: Conor and Sheila Dwyer from Fermoy have been missing since 1991. They lived at Chapel Hill, Fermoy, Co. Cork.

“They were last seen at St

Patrick’s Church in Fermoy on 30th April 1991. Some days later gardaí were notified that the couple were missing. The gardaí went to the Dwyer home and found the house secure and all personal items such as clothes, passports and money still in the house. However their car, a white Toyota Cressida registration number 5797 ZT was not at the house and has not been located to date.

The gardaí statement adds: “The couple were aged in their early sixties when they went missing.”

The were the parents of two grown sons, Gerry and Conor Jr., who both resided in the UK at the time.

The Dwyers’ bank accounts remained untouched after the disappearance.

Gardaí still believe that tracing their car holds the key to the mystery. But extensive searches, including at Cork and Shannon airports, drew a blank.

Mr Dwyer was known to have become a trusted worker for a German businessman a Mr Fritz Wolf, who had a home near Castlelyons. In 1993, there was a reported sighting of Mr Dwyer in Bavaria, but after investigation by both gardaí and Bavarian police it led nowhere.

Honouring President Biden for successful visit

A LASTING tribute to US President Joe Biden should be considered to thank him for making his historic trip west to Mayo an overwhelming success, reports The Mayo News President Biden’s great great grandfather, Edward Blewitt, came from Ballina, and President Biden made it clear from the outset he wanted to visit the West.

Cathaoirleach of the Ballina Municipal District, Cllr Mark Duffy now believes that Mayo should do something to thank the president for coming to the county.

“President Biden made the decision to come to Ballina… his connection should be celebrated. I would love to see some recognition of that because even in terms of PR and marketing, it is multimillion euro in terms of value already. But equally, the good will and spirit it brought is unquantifiable… President Biden is so proud of his heritage and roots in the county, it is only fitting we do something for him,” Cllr Duffy told The Mayo News

The new N5 is due to be opened in the coming weeks, and Cllr Duffy said that naming the new road after President Biden may be a suggestion. But he feels that the general public should decide what form the gesture should take.

Arrest following domestic violence incident

A MAN was arrested in Derry after a female PSNI officer was punched several times in the face.

A second officer was also punched, while three further officers were spat at during the incident.

Police have condemned the actions of the perpetrator, saying assaults on officers ‘must not be tolerated’ under any circumsances. The incident unfolded after officers responded to a report of a domestic-related occurrence at a property in the Carranbane Walk area of the city. When a female

DERRY officer approached a man who was in the garden of the property, he punched her in the face a number of times. The officer was taken to hospital for treatment for her injuries, which included an injury to her eye.

The man was also reported to have punched and spat at a second officer as well as spitting at a third.

The man, aged 18, was arrested on suspicion of offences including assault occasioning actual bodily harm, assault on police, resisting police, criminal damage and common assault.

“He was taken to police custody, where he spat in another officer’s face, and threw a cup of water in a fifth officer’s face,” said Inspector Craig of the PSNI in Derry.

“Our enquiries into this incident are continuing, but I want to stress that assaults on our officers are unacceptable, and must not be tolerated as simply being ‘part of the job’,” he said.