Two men have been arrested after approximately €30,000 of cocaine was seized in a dangerous driving incident on Friday evening.
At approximately 9:30pm, patrolling gardaí stopped a car in the Ferdia Park area of Ardee. Whilst gardaí were in conversation with the two male occupants, the driver accelerated the car away from the scene, hitting the rear of an official Garda vehicle and causing extensive damage.
During the high speed chase, gardaí observed a package being thrown from the vehicle in the Corbollis area on the N52. This package was later recovered and approximately €30,000 of suspected cocaine was seized by gardaí.
The containment operation ended on the N52 at Clonkeehan following an intervention by gardaí to stop the offending vehicle, with no injuries reported.
Two men (60s and 40s) were arrested by Gardaí and they are both currently being detained at a Garda station in County Louth under the provisions of Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1984.
The seized drugs will be taken to Forensic Science Ireland (FSI) for analysis.
