Gardaí seize €94,000 of cannabis plants in Monaghan and Louth searches
Gardaí stopped a car at Carrickmacross on 22 April 2020, seizing €15,500 in cash from two men, then searched homes in Drogheda and Collon seizing cannabis plants worth about €94,000 in total. Five people were arrested and the two men were charged the next day.
🇮🇪 Cloughvalley Upper, Carrickmacross, County Monaghan · Ireland
Gardaí stopped a car in the Cloughvalley Upper area of Carrickmacross at about 2.30pm on 22 April 2020 and found its two occupants, men in their 20s and 30s, in possession of €15,500 in cash believed to be the proceeds of crime.[1]Follow-up searches at two homes in Drogheda seized cannabis plants, pending analysis, with an estimated combined value of €30,000.[1]A further search at a house in the Collon area of County Louth seized cannabis plants estimated at €64,000.[1]In total about €94,000 of cannabis and the cash were seized and five people were arrested.[1]
The two men from the car were detained at Carrickmacross and Castleblayney stations, while a woman and two men, all in their 40s, were detained at Drogheda and Dundalk stations.[1]The two men were subsequently charged and appeared before the Criminal Courts of Justice on 23 April 2020.[2]
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An Garda Síochánagarda.ieArchived copyCourt Appearance - €94,000 Cannabis Seized and Five Arrests Following Search Operations Monaghan and Louth 22nd April 2020
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No plant count or weight was published; the values are estimates pending analysis.
Outcomes for the three people arrested at the Collon house were not reported.
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