Grow house with €2.7m cannabis crop raided in Darndale
Gardai raided a warehouse on Belcamp Lane in Darndale, north Dublin, on 24 January 2018 and found cannabis plants at various stages of growth worth an estimated 2.7 million euro. One man in his late 50s was arrested at the scene.
Gardai searched a warehouse on Belcamp Lane in Darndale, north Dublin, on the morning of 24 January 2018 and found cannabis plants at various stages of growth in what they described as a grow house.[1][2]The plants had an estimated street value of up to 2.7 million euro, pending analysis.[1][2]
The Irish Times described the site as a large-scale, sophisticated operation with plants at varying stages of maturity.[2]A man in his late 50s was arrested at the scene and detained at Coolock Garda station under section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act 1996.[1][2]
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A Garda photograph of the cannabis plants found in the Darndale grow housePhoto details
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