Gardaí from Pearse Street seized cannabis plants and arrested two males following a search in the Ballybough area of Dublin on the afternoon of 2 April 2010.[1] Detective gardaí arrested the two males, both in their thirties, after searching a house in the area, seizing approximately €160,000 worth of cannabis plants, subject to analysis.[1] The scene was preserved for a technical examination, and the two men were detained at Pearse Street Garda station under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice Drug Trafficking Act 2006.[1]
€160,000 cannabis plants seized in Ballybough house search
Pearse Street detectives searched a house in Ballybough, Dublin, on 2 April 2010 and seized cannabis plants worth an estimated €160,000. Two men in their thirties were arrested and detained at Pearse Street station.
🇮🇪 Ballybough, Dublin · Ireland
- Arrested
- 2
- Agency
- An Garda Síochána
- Cannabis
- Living plants
- Case stage
- Under investigation
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
- Arrested
- 2
- Value (official estimate)
- EUR 160,000
- Agency
- An Garda Síochána
- Agency type
- Police
- Cannabis
- Living plants
- Activity
- Cultivation
- Setting
- Home, Other building
- Case stage
- Under investigation
Sources
- An Garda Síochánagarda.ieArchived copyDrugs Seizure and arrests in Dublin - 2/4/10
Open questions the AI reported
- No figure for the number of plants seized was published.
- The whole account rests on the agency's single statement; no second outlet's report of this search was found in the opened sources.
- The reports name no court outcome for the two arrested men.
- No verifiable photograph of the house or crop with a recoverable direct image address was found in the opened sources.
