Drugs seized at Gilford Road

By The Newsroom
Published 25th May 2010, 17:09 BST
Updated 25th May 2010, 20:17 BST
OVER £70,000 worth of drugs were seized in a police bust this week.

Lurgan detectives uncovered suspected mephedrone along with cash and suspected herbal cannabis on Tuesday.

Police raided properties on the Gilford Road in the town and Park Road in Portadown.

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The searches, which were carried out by the police Tactical Crime Unit, followed information supplied by the UK Borders Agency.

Two males were arrested and are said to be helping police with their inquiries.

This is the second major police operation to take the recently banned substance off our streets.

At the end of April police seized 30,000 and arrested three people following searches at properties in Lurgan and Waringstown - it was the first major seizure of the drug.