Gardaí and Dublin Fire Brigade crews answering a house fire at Brian Road, Marino, Dublin 3, at about 7.05am on Saturday 5 May 2018 found a grow house inside.[1] Follow-up investigation by the Clontarf drugs unit uncovered a sophisticated cannabis grow house, and 137 plants with an estimated value of €110,000 pending analysis were seized.[1]
A man in his 20s from Lithuania was arrested at the scene and detained at Clontarf Garda Station under section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1984.[1] He was then charged in connection with the seizure and was due before the Criminal Courts of Justice on the morning of Monday 7 May 2018.[2]
Fire-led find
Grow houses are often found only after fires caused by overloaded wiring, and this Marino case followed that pattern, with the fire call leading straight to the cultivation rooms.[1] No later court outcome for the charged man was reported.
