A total of three people have bene arrested by gardai, including one in Athlone following searches in Cork and Athlone this week.
Two people were arrested at Glanmire Cork on Tuesday following the search of a vehicle which resulted in €59,000 in cash being seized.
A follow up search conducted in relation to that incident took place at a house in Athlone yesterday resulting in the seizure of €40,000 worth of cannabis, and the arrest of a male in his late teens.
Mobile phones, weighing scales, a GPS tracker, and €910 in cash was also taken from the scene.
The arrested man is still being detained at Athlone garda station this morning.