Gardai in Co Laois have seized a quantity of cocaine with an estimated street value of up to 35 thousand euro.

Gardai from Abbeyleix and Portlaoise found the drugs, along with drug paraphernalia, during a planned operation in a wooded area near Ballinakill yesterday.

The search was part of a Garda operation targeting the sale and supply of drugs in the Laois area.

There were no arrests and the investigation is ongoing.