At about 8 p.m. on 19 November 2008, the Cork City Divisional Drugs Unit searched a house on the northside of Cork city as part of an ongoing operation.[1] Officers seized cannabis with an estimated street value of about 500,000 euro, subject to analysis.[1] A man in his 30s was arrested and detained at Fermoy Garda station under Section 2 of the Drug Trafficking Act 1996.[1]
Gardai seize cannabis worth 500,000 euro in north Cork city raid
The Cork City Divisional Drugs Unit searched a house on the northside of Cork city on 19 November 2008, seizing cannabis valued at about 500,000 euro and arresting a man in his 30s.
🇮🇪 northside, Cork city · Ireland
- Arrested
- 1
- Agency
- An Garda Síochána
- Cannabis
- Herbal cannabis
- Case stage
- Under investigation
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
- Arrested
- 1
- Value (official estimate)
- EUR 500,000
- Agency
- An Garda Síochána
- Agency type
- Police
- Cannabis
- Herbal cannabis
- Activity
- Trafficking
- Setting
- Home
- Case stage
- Under investigation
Sources
- An Garda Síochánagarda.ieDrug Seizure in Cork - 19/11/08
Open questions the AI reported
- No weight for the seized cannabis was published.
- No court outcome for the arrested man is recorded in the opened source.
- Only one source for this event could be found.
- No photograph of the seizure with a recoverable direct image address was found in the opened source.