A man is due in court in the morning in connection with the seizure of €1.2 million in cash in County Carlow.

The cash was found during a search of a car at a Garda checkpoint on Friday night in Ballvergal on the outskirts of Carlow Town.

The checkpoint was set up as part of Operation Thor.

The man, who is in his fifties, is due before a special sitting of Kilkenny District Court at 9 am, charged in connection with the incident.