Cannabis grow house worth €97,600 found on Cavan town outskirts
Gardaí searching a house on the outskirts of Cavan town found a cannabis grow house with plants valued at €97,600 along with its growing equipment. A man in his early 20s was arrested at the scene and later charged.
🇮🇪 Outskirts of Cavan town, County Cavan · Ireland
Shortly after 9pm on 29 November 2021, gardaí from Cavan Garda Station
searched a house on the outskirts of Cavan town under warrant as part of
Operation Tara.[1]Inside they found a quantity of suspected cannabis plants
valued at €97,600, along with the heaters, lights and extractor fans used for
the grow house, all of which were seized.[1]
One man in his early 20s was arrested at the scene and detained at Cavan Garda
Station.[1]He was later charged and due before Monaghan District Court on
the morning of 1 December 2021.[1]
The seizure formed part of Operation Tara, the national anti-drugs strategy
launched by Garda Commissioner Drew Harris on 2 July 2021 to disrupt drug
trafficking networks.[1]
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