1,000 cannabis plants worth €400,000 seized at Delgany industrial unit
Gardaí from Bray searched an industrial unit near Delgany, County Wicklow on 30 November 2011 and found a cannabis cultivation operation of about 1,000 plants with an estimated street value of €400,000. A man in his thirties arrested at the scene was held at Bray Garda station.
🇮🇪 Industrial unit near Delgany, County Wicklow · Ireland
Gardaí from Bray carried out a search of an industrial unit near Delgany in
the course of an ongoing investigation on the afternoon of 30 November
2011.[1]Inside they found a substantial cannabis cultivation operation:
approximately 1,000 cannabis plants, put at an estimated street value of up
to €400,000 subject to analysis, were seized.[1]
A man in his thirties was arrested at the scene and detained at Bray Garda
station under section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act
1996, under which he could be held for up to seven days.[1][2]
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