Police stopped and searched a car on the A1 near Hillsborough, finding what was believed to be cannabis resin with a street value of £750,000. One man was arrested and was assisting police with their enquiries.
🇬🇧 A1 near Hillsborough, County Down · United Kingdom
Police stopped and searched a car on the A1 near Hillsborough at 11am on Thursday morning and found what was believed to be cannabis resin with an estimated street value of £750,000.[1] One man was arrested and was assisting police with their enquiries.[1]
The report presented the stop as the latest in a series of cannabis finds in Northern Ireland, recalling the Navan warehouse seizure and a Belfast holdall find from April.[1]
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