More than €500,000 worth of cannabis seized in suspected ‘grow-house’
By Jonathan McCambridge, PA
Cannabis worth more than €500,000 has been seized from a premises in Co Roscommon.
At 1pm on Monday, gardaí conducted a search in Ballaghaderreen.
A gardai spokesperson said a “suspected cannabis grow-house” was discovered.
Suspected cannabis plants with an estimated value of €288,000 were seized along with approximately €240,000 of processed cannabis.
A suspected cannabis grow-house was discovered & approximately €528,000 of cannabis was seized during a search by Gardaí as part of Operation Tara in Ballaghaderreen, County Roscommon, earlier today.
Two persons were arrested & are currently detained at Castlerea GS. pic.twitter.com/vFzE1MjuUo— Garda Info (@gardainfo) January 30, 2023
The total value of drugs seized is approximately €528,000, pending analysis from Forensic Science Ireland.
A woman in her 50s and a man in his 60s were arrested at the scene.
They are both currently being detained at Castlerea Garda station under the provisions of Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act 1996.
Investigations are ongoing.
