It led to another drugs find in Kildare.
A man in his 40s remains in custody following a drugs seizure in Laois.
€35,000 of cocaine was discovered following the search of a vehicle on the M7 near Portlaoise yesterday morning.
The owner of the car is being detained in Birr Garda station pending further investigation.
This led gardaí to a house in Kill in Co. Kildare, where they uncovered three and half kilos of cocaine, worth €245,000 euro, and arrested another man, aged in his 50s.