Four arrested as Gardai seize cannabis grow in Ballybofey takeaway
Gardai from Letterkenny searched a premises on Navenny Street, Ballybofey on 21 January 2014 and found a cannabis grow valued at €360,000 pending analysis. A man and three women were arrested, and all four were charged within days.
Gardai from the Letterkenny drugs unit searched a premises on Navenny Street, Ballybofey on the evening of 21 January 2014 as part of an investigation into cannabis cultivation in Co. Donegal.[1]They found cannabis plants plus other items made and adapted for growing cannabis, which Gardai valued at €360,000 pending analysis.[1][2]A man in his thirties and three women were arrested at the scene and detained at Letterkenny Garda station under section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act 1996.[1][2]
The three women were due before Letterkenny District Court on the morning of 23 January 2014 charged in connection with the seizure, while the man remained in custody where he could be held for up to seven days.[2]Gardai later charged the man as well, and he was due before Letterkenny District Court at 10.30am on Friday 24 January 2014.[3]
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Customs officers and gardaí searched business and residential properties in Cashel and Thurles, County Tipperary, and seized a large quantity of suspected cannabis-infused products. No weight, value, arrests or suspected offence were reported.
Gardaí found a cannabis grow house at a home in Ballymakeera, Co Cork, and seized 122 mature plants and about 1 kg of loose cannabis with a combined estimated value of €117,600. A man in his 40s was arrested.
Gardaí searching two homes in Ballynagore, Co Westmeath, on 31 December 2025 dismantled sophisticated cannabis growhouses and seized plants and herb worth an estimated €2.25 million; no arrests were reported in the accounts opened.
Gardai searching an industrial premises in Donegal town on 21 February 2024 found a large growhouse with 500 cannabis plants and 13.5 kg of cannabis herb, valued at about 631,500 euro. No arrests were made and the drugs were sent for forensic analysis.
