€500,000 grow house found in Mullingar industrial unit as two charged
Gardaí searching an industrial unit on the outskirts of Mullingar on 4 February 2012 found a cannabis grow house with plants valued at up to €500,000. Two men aged 37 and 42 were arrested and were charged before a special sitting of Mullingar District Court two days later.
As part of an operation targeting cannabis cultivation around Mullingar,
gardaí carried out a planned search of an industrial unit on the outskirts of
the town at about 2.30pm on 4 February 2012.[1]Inside the structure they
uncovered a grow house holding cannabis plants with an estimated street value of
up to €500,000 pending analysis.[1]
Two charged
Two men aged 37 and 42 were arrested at the scene and detained at Mullingar
Garda station under section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1984.[1]Both were
charged in connection with the investigation and were due before a special
sitting of Mullingar District Court on the morning of 6 February 2012.[2]
Case data
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Customs officers and gardaí searched business and residential properties in Cashel and Thurles, County Tipperary, and seized a large quantity of suspected cannabis-infused products. No weight, value, arrests or suspected offence were reported.
Gardaí found a cannabis grow house at a home in Ballymakeera, Co Cork, and seized 122 mature plants and about 1 kg of loose cannabis with a combined estimated value of €117,600. A man in his 40s was arrested.
Gardaí searching two homes in Ballynagore, Co Westmeath, on 31 December 2025 dismantled sophisticated cannabis growhouses and seized plants and herb worth an estimated €2.25 million; no arrests were reported in the accounts opened.
Gardai searching an industrial premises in Donegal town on 21 February 2024 found a large growhouse with 500 cannabis plants and 13.5 kg of cannabis herb, valued at about 631,500 euro. No arrests were made and the drugs were sent for forensic analysis.
