A 39-year-old man is to appear in Limerick District Court this morning charged in connection with a heroin seizure.

Heroin with an estimated value of €30,000 was seized following a planned search of a premise in O’Malley Park in Limerick City on Monday.

The man was arrested on Tuesday and detained at Roxboro Road Station under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act 1996.

The man is due in court at around 10.30am this morning.