Man arrested after €161,000 cocaine seized in Killimor, Co Galway
Gardaí from the Galway Divisional Drugs Unit seized cocaine with an estimated street value of €161,000 from a residential property in Killimor, near Ballinasloe, Co Galway, on 1 September 2025. A man in his 20s was arrested and detained under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1984 at a station in the Garda North Western Region. He was subsequently released without charge pending the preparation of a file for the Director of Public Prosecutions. The seized drugs were sent for analysis to Forensic Science Ireland, and investigations are ongoing. The search was part of Operation Tara, an enhanced national anti-drugs strategy launched in July 2021.
- Reportednot reported
- Arrested1 Sep
3 reports - Charged
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- Verdict
- Sentenced
Key facts
consolidated from all reports- What happened
- Cocaine with an estimated street value of €161,000 was seized from a residential property.
- Where
- The property searched was in Killimor, near Ballinasloe, Co Galway.
- When
- The search and arrest took place on 1 September 2025.
- Investigation
- The search was carried out by Gardaí from the Galway Divisional Drugs Unit as part of Operation Tara, an enhanced national anti-drugs strategy launched in July 2021.
- A man in his 20s was arrested and detained under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1984 at a station in the Garda North Western Region.
- The man was released without charge pending the preparation of a file for the Director of Public Prosecutions.
- The seized drugs were sent for analysis to Forensic Science Ireland.
- Investigations are ongoing.
20 statements extracted from the articles
- whatCocaine with an estimated street value of €161,000 was seized (garda.ie, irishmirror.ie)
- whatCocaine with an estimated street value of €161,000 was seized in a raid on a Co Galway property. (irishtimes.com)
- whatA man in his 20s was arrested following the seizure. (irishmirror.ie)
- whereGardaí searched a residential property in Killimor and recovered the drugs (garda.ie)
- whereThe property searched was in Killimor near Ballinasloe. (irishtimes.com)
- whenThe arrest took place on 1 September 2025 (garda.ie)
- investigationThe man was detained under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1984 at a station in the Garda North Western Region (garda.ie, irishmirror.ie)
- investigationThe man was released without charge pending preparation of a file for the DPP (garda.ie)
- investigationThe drugs will be sent for analysis to Forensic Science Ireland (garda.ie, irishtimes.com)
- investigationInvestigations are ongoing (garda.ie)
- investigationThe search was part of an operation targeting the sale and distribution of illegal drugs in the area. (irishtimes.com)
- investigationGardaí from the Galway Divisional Drugs Unit arrested a man in his 20s. (irishtimes.com)
- investigationThe man was questioned and released without charge pending the preparation of a file for the DPP. (irishtimes.com)
- investigationThe seizure forms part of Operation Tara, launched by the Garda Commissioner in July 2021. (irishtimes.com)
- investigationOperation Tara focuses on dismantling drug trafficking operations in local communities using intelligence-led policing. (irishtimes.com)
- investigationGardaí from the Galway Divisional Drugs Unit searched a residential property in Killimor on Monday. (irishmirror.ie)
- investigationThe man was released without charge pending the preparation of a file for the DPP. (irishmirror.ie)
- investigationThe seized drugs will be sent for analysis to Forensic Science Ireland. (irishmirror.ie)
- otherThe seizure was part of Operation Tara targeting the sale and distribution of controlled drugs in the area (garda.ie)
- otherThe seizure forms part of Operation Tara, an enhanced national anti-drugs strategy launched in July 2021. (irishmirror.ie)
The reporting
newest first- 2 Sep2025Man arrested after €161,000 of cocaine seized during major Garda operation
First report of the Killimor cocaine seizure and arrest under Operation Tara; man released without charge pending DPP file.
suspect, 20s, male - 2 Sep2025Gardaí arrest man following cocaine seizure in Co Galway
Reports the arrest and subsequent release without charge of a man in his 20s following a cocaine seizure in Killimor, Co Galway, as part of Operation Tara.
suspect, 20s, male - 1 Sep2025Operation Tara – Seizure of €161,000 Worth of Cocaine, Killimor, Ballinasloe, Co Galway, 1st September 2025
Official Garda press release confirming the arrest and seizure, specifying the man was released without charge pending DPP file preparation and that the drugs will be sent to FSI for analysis.
suspect, 20s, male