Gardaí attached to the Roscommon/Longford Divisional Drugs Unit searched a house at Aughnacliffe, County Longford under warrant at about 1pm on Saturday 23 January 2021.[1][2] Inside they found a sophisticated cannabis growhouse spread across two bedrooms and the basement.[1][2] The recovered cannabis plants were valued at about €45,000 and seized cannabis herb at about €85,000, roughly €130,000 in total pending analysis.[1][2] A man in his mid-30s was arrested at the scene and detained at Granard Garda station, and the Garda release describes him as charged.[1][2]
Gardaí find €130,000 cannabis growhouse in bedrooms and basement in Longford
The Roscommon/Longford Divisional Drugs Unit found a sophisticated cannabis growhouse spread across two bedrooms and the basement of a house at Aughnacliffe, County Longford on 23 January 2021, seizing €45,000 of plants and €85,000 of herb and arresting a man in his mid-30s.
🇮🇪 Aughnacliffe, County Longford · Ireland
- Arrested
- 1
- Agency
- An Garda Síochána
- Cannabis
- Herbal cannabis, Living plants
- Case stage
- Charged
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
- Arrested
- 1
- Value (official estimate)
- EUR 130,000
- Agency
- An Garda Síochána
- Agency type
- Police
- Cannabis
- Herbal cannabis; Living plants
- Activity
- Cultivation, Possession
- Setting
- Home
- Grown
- Indoor
- Case stage
- Charged
Sources
- An Garda Síochánagarda.ieArchived copy€130,000 of Suspected Cannabis Seized and Growhouse Located, Man Charged, County Longford, Saturday, 23rd January, 2021
- The Irish Timesirishtimes-irishtimes-staging.cdn.arcpublishing.comTwo held as gardaí seize cannabis worth €1.2m in raids against organised crime
Open questions the AI reported
- No count of the cannabis plants recovered was reported, only their estimated value.
- The court outcome for the charged man was not reported in these sources.
