Two men have appeared in court charged in connection with an €8.2 million haul of cannabis and cocaine seized in Kildare this week.
At a sitting of Naas District Court it was heard Eric Lawlor, Cypress House, Bay Bush, Kildare is charged with five counts, including possession of 314 kilos of cannabis and 11 kilos of cocaine for sale and supply and money laundering.
A co-accused Eugene Mulligan, Hillside Cottage, Carrigans Upper , Ballymote, Co Sligo, was charged with possession of 60 kilos cannabis after his car was stopped and searched by officers from the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau at Kill Hill, Kill on 11 February.