Gardaí seize 1,000 cannabis plants in Drumcondra raid, arrest three
Gardaí from Bridewell station searched a commercial premises in Drumcondra, Dublin on 29 January 2011 and seized about 1,000 cannabis plants with an estimated street value of €500,000. Two men in their thirties were arrested at the scene and a third man in his late twenties was arrested in the area that evening.
Gardaí from Bridewell station searched a commercial premises in the Drumcondra area of Dublin on the afternoon of 29 January 2011 as part of an ongoing investigation.[1]During the search they seized approximately 1,000 cannabis plants, put at an estimated street value of €500,000 subject to analysis.[1]
Two males in their thirties were arrested at the scene and detained at Bridewell station under section 2 of the Drug Trafficking Act 1996, under which they could be held for up to seven days.[1]That evening a third male, aged in his late twenties, was arrested in the Drumcondra area and likewise detained at Bridewell under the same power.[2]
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