Gardai seize 500 plants and 13.5 kg in Donegal growhouse raid
Gardai searching an industrial premises in Donegal town on 21 February 2024 found a large growhouse with 500 cannabis plants and 13.5 kg of cannabis herb, valued at about 631,500 euro. No arrests were made and the drugs were sent for forensic analysis.
The Donegal Divisional Drugs Unit, assisted by local members from the
Ballyshannon district, searched an industrial premises in Donegal town on the
afternoon of Wednesday 21 February 2024.[1][2]
Inside they found a large-scale growhouse with cannabis plants at various
stages of maturity.[1][2]The seizure comprised 500 cannabis plants and
13.5 kg of cultivated cannabis herb, which gardai valued at approximately
631,500 euro.[1][2]The suspected drugs were to be sent to Forensic Science
Ireland for analysis.[1][2]
Case data
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Customs officers and gardaí searched business and residential properties in Cashel and Thurles, County Tipperary, and seized a large quantity of suspected cannabis-infused products. No weight, value, arrests or suspected offence were reported.
Gardaí found a cannabis grow house at a home in Ballymakeera, Co Cork, and seized 122 mature plants and about 1 kg of loose cannabis with a combined estimated value of €117,600. A man in his 40s was arrested.
Gardaí searching two homes in Ballynagore, Co Westmeath, on 31 December 2025 dismantled sophisticated cannabis growhouses and seized plants and herb worth an estimated €2.25 million; no arrests were reported in the accounts opened.
Gardai searched a house on Castle Road in Dundalk on 18 August 2020 and found a cannabis grow house with plants at various stages and about 13 kg of cannabis herb worth over €310,000. A man in his early 20s arrested at the scene was later charged.
