Gardaí seize 118 cannabis plants in Ballymaley house search, arrest two
Gardaí searching a house at Ballymaley, Ennis, on 19 May 2014 seized 118 cannabis plants and a quantity of cannabis herb worth an estimated €98,000 and arrested two men. One man was later charged before Kilrush District Court.
Gardaí from the Clare Divisional Drugs Unit searched a house at Ballymaley, Ennis, County Clare on a warrant on Monday 19 May 2014 at about 12:30pm as part of intelligence-led operations against drug supply in the area.[1]
During the search they seized 118 cannabis plants and a quantity of cannabis herb with a combined estimated street value of €98,000, subject to analysis.[1]Two men, one in his thirties and one in his forties, were arrested at the scene and detained at Ennis Garda station under section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act 1996.[1]
One of the men was later released, with a file to be prepared for the Director of Public Prosecutions, while the second man was charged and due to appear before Kilrush District Court on the afternoon of Tuesday 20 May 2014.[1]
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