Gardaí have seized cocaine with an estimated value of €23,000 as part of an ongoing operation into the illegal sale and supply of controlled drugs in the Roscommon/Longford area.

The drugs were seized by Gardaí attached to the Roscommon/Longford Divisional Drugs Unit following the planned search of a premises at Emmet Lodge, Inchicore, Dublin on Thursday.

A woman in her twenties, was arrested at scene and is currently detained at Granard Garda Station under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act, 1996.