Gardaí from the National Drugs Unit and Carlow station searched a rural property near Leighlinbridge, County Carlow, on the evening of Tuesday 8 December 2009.[1][2] They found 500 cannabis plants and growing paraphernalia at the premises, which gardaí said could have a street value of up to €200,000 subject to analysis.[1][2] Three men in their twenties were arrested at the scene and detained at Carlow station under section 2 of the Drug Trafficking Act, where they could be held for up to seven days.[1][2] The men were released without charge two days later, and a file was prepared for the Director of Public Prosecutions.[2]
Gardaí seize 500 cannabis plants near Leighlinbridge; three held
Gardaí searched a rural property near Leighlinbridge, County Carlow on the evening of 8 December 2009, seizing 500 cannabis plants worth up to €200,000. Three men in their twenties were arrested and later released without charge.
🇮🇪 near Leighlinbridge, County Carlow · Ireland
- Arrested
- 3
- of them seized
- 500
- Agency
- An Garda Síochána
- Cannabis
- Living plants
- Case stage
- Under investigation
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
- Arrested
- 3
- of them seized
- 500
- Value (official estimate)
- EUR 200,000
- Agency
- An Garda Síochána
- Agency type
- Police
- Cannabis
- Living plants (500 plants)
- Activity
- Cultivation
- Grown
- Indoor
- Case stage
- Under investigation
Sources
- An Garda Síochánagarda.ieArchived copyDrug seizure and arrests at Leighlinbridge, Carlow on the 8/12/09
- The Irish Timesirishtimes.comThree held over cannabis released
Open questions the AI reported
- No court outcome for the three arrested men was reported; they were released without charge and a file was sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions.
- A separate seizure of cannabis herb and amphetamines near the same village ten days earlier is covered in its own report.
