A man in his 50s has been arrested after €300,000 worth of drugs were seized in Kilkenny.

Gardaí from the Carlow/Kilkenny Divisional Drug Unit carried out a planned search of a house in the New Park area of Kilkenny yesterday evening.

Cannabis worth around €100,000 and cocaine with an estimated street value of €200,000 were recovered.

A man was arrested at the scene.

He is being questioned at Kilkenny Garda Station.

Gardaí say the seizures came as part of an intelligence-led operations targeting the sale and supply of controlled drugs in the Carlow/Kilkenny area.