Two men charged after €334,000 grow-house seizure in Belturbet
Gardaí searched a grow house in Belturbet on 17 July 2024 and seized €44,000 of cannabis plants and €290,000 of cannabis herb. Two men in their thirties were arrested under drug-trafficking legislation, later charged, and brought before Cavan District Court on 19 July.
Gardaí searched a grow house in Belturbet, County Cavan, on the night of Wednesday 17 July 2024 and seized cannabis worth €334,000.[1][2]Officers found €44,000 worth of cannabis plants and €290,000 of cannabis herb at the property.[1][2]The drugs were sent to Forensic Science Ireland for analysis.[1][2]
Two men in their thirties were arrested and detained under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act 1996 at a Garda station in the north-western region.[1][2]Both men were subsequently charged and brought before Cavan District Court on the morning of Friday 19 July 2024.[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 from the Dublin Crime Response Team and Drogheda found a large-scale cannabis cultivation factory in a Drogheda premises on 5 August 2025, seizing plants valued at more than 750,000 euro. Two men in their forties were arrested and detained under drug-trafficking powers.
