Gardaí have arrested two people and recovered a batch of heroin at a house in Co Limerick.

An estimated 30 thousand Euro worth of the drug was discovered during a search of the two storey house in Castleconnell this afternoon.

Gardai say a man and a woman, both aged in their twenties, were arrested and are being questioned at Henry Street Garda Station in Limerick.

The man and woman can be questioned by Gardai for a maximum of seven days before they are either released or charged.