Mayo unit seizes drugs worth €2.2m. in two-year period

DRUGS worth €2.2 million have been seized in Mayo since the county's drugs unit was established two years ago.

The unit, set up in 2020, has also seized cash valued €136,800, Superintendent Joe McKenna told a meeting of the Mayo Joint Policing Committee today.

There have been 23 cultivation offences detected, with 152 offences for sale and supply.

Some 467 people have been found in possession of drugs, with over 1,600 searches conducted by gardaí.