Police in Limerick seized 150 kilos of cannabis resin with an estimated market value of over €1 million on 13 May 2005, according to a US Embassy Dublin counternarcotics summary.[1] The embassy put the local police’s total narcotics seizures for 2005 at more than €5 million.[1]
150 kilos of cannabis resin seized in Limerick worth over €1 million
Police in Limerick seized 150 kilos of cannabis resin with an estimated market value of over €1 million on 13 May 2005, one of the local seizures that made up more than €5 million of narcotics taken in the area that year.
🇮🇪 Limerick · Ireland
- Cannabis
- 150 kg
- Cannabis
- Hashish
- Case stage
- Under investigation
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
- Cannabis
- 150 kg
- Value (official estimate)
- EUR 1,000,000
- Agency type
- Police
- Cannabis
- Hashish
- Case stage
- Under investigation
Sources
- US Embassy Dublin (via WikiLeaks)wikileaks.jcvignoli.comArchived copyIreland 2005-2006 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR) part I
Open questions the AI reported
- Only one source, a US Embassy Dublin counternarcotics cable, could be opened for this seizure.
- The cable places the seizure in the Limerick area without a more precise locality.
- The cable names no arrests, charges or later outcome for this seizure.
- No photograph of the event with a recoverable direct image address was found in the opened source.