20 kilos of cannabis resin seized in Douglas, Cork; man held
Gardaí arrested a man in his early twenties after finding 20 kilos of cannabis resin with an estimated street value of €200,000 in a searched house in Grangewood Court in Douglas, County Cork, on 24 June 2004.
A young man in his early twenties was arrested after gardaí searched a house in
Grangewood Court in Douglas, County Cork, on the evening of 24 June
2004.[1]Officers seized20 kilos of cannabis resin with an estimated street
value of €200,000.[1]
The man was being questioned by gardaí and could be held for up to seven days
under the Drug Trafficking Act.[1]
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