1,000 cannabis plants and stun guns seized in Blanchardstown sheds
Gardaí searched sheds behind a house on Blakestown Road, Blanchardstown, on 8 June 2010 and found a sophisticated cannabis factory of 1,000 to 1,200 plants worth about €450,000, plus nine stun guns. A man in his 20s was arrested and later charged.
Gardaí from the Blanchardstown Drug Unit carried out a planned search in sheds at the rear of a house on Blakestown Road on the afternoon of 8 June 2010.[1]They discovered an elaborate high-tech cannabis growing operation, with plants provisionally valued at up to €450,000, along with nine stun guns.[1][2]The Irish Times put the crop at between 1,000 and 1,200 plants in a sophisticated indoor facility.[2]
A man in his 20s was arrested at the scene and detained at Blanchardstown Garda Station under section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act 1996.[1][2]He was charged on the evening of 11 June and was due before Dublin District Court the next morning.[3]
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