Gardaí from the Organised Crime Unit and Carlow station, supported by the National Drugs Unit, searched a house near Leighlinbridge, County Carlow, on the afternoon of Saturday 28 November 2009.[1][2] They seized 20 kg of suspected cannabis herb and 8 kg of suspected amphetamines, which gardaí said could have a street value of up to €400,000 subject to analysis.[1][2] A 21-year-old man arrested at the scene was detained at Carlow station under section 2 of the Drug Trafficking Act, where he could be held for up to seven days.[1][2]
20 kg of cannabis and 8 kg of amphetamines seized in Carlow house
Gardaí searched a house near Leighlinbridge, County Carlow on 28 November 2009, seizing 20 kg of cannabis herb and 8 kg of suspected amphetamines worth up to €400,000 together. A 21-year-old man was arrested at the scene.
🇮🇪 near Leighlinbridge, County Carlow · Ireland
- Arrested
- 1
- Cannabis
- 20 kg
- Agency
- An Garda Síochána
- Cannabis
- Herbal cannabis
- Case stage
- Under investigation
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
- Arrested
- 1
- Cannabis
- 20 kg
- Agency
- An Garda Síochána
- Agency type
- Police
- Cannabis
- Herbal cannabis (20 kg)
- Activity
- Trafficking
- Setting
- Home
- Case stage
- Under investigation
Sources
- An Garda Síochánagarda.ieArchived copyDrugs seizure and arrest in Carlow on the 28/11/09
- The Irish Timesirishtimes.comFour held after drug seizures
Open questions the AI reported
- The reported value of up to €400,000 covers the cannabis and the amphetamines together and cannot be separated, so no value is recorded.
- No court outcome for the detained 21-year-old was reported.
- The same newspaper report describes separate cocaine and ecstasy seizures in Athlone and Dublin, which are not cannabis events and are left out here.