Five peo­ple were ar­rest­ed and a quan­ti­ty of cannabis seized dur­ing Op­er­a­tion Fes­tive Shield ex­er­cis­es con­duct­ed in the South­ern and North­ern Di­vi­sions yes­ter­day.

In the South­ern Di­vi­sion, Task Force of­fi­cers con­duct­ed an ex­er­cise be­tween 4 pm and 8 pm on Sat­ur­day 13th De­cem­ber, 2025. Of­fi­cers pro­ceed­ed to the Princes Town dis­trict, where they found two pack­ets con­tain­ing ap­prox­i­mate­ly one kilo­gramme of cannabis.

A 41 year old man was ar­rest­ed in con­nec­tion with the find.