Growhouse with 85 plants and herb worth €208,000 found in Ballymote
Gardaí searching a vacant dwelling near Ballymote found a growhouse with 85 cannabis plants and a separate stash of cannabis herb, valued together at about €208,000. Four men were arrested; two were later charged and two released without charge.
Gardaí searching a vacant dwelling in the Ballymote area of County Sligo on
the afternoon of 20 November 2021 found a growhouse built inside the building
holding 85 cannabis plants at various stages of growth, valued at about
€68,000.[1]Officers also seized suspected cannabis herb valued at €140,000,
bringing the total estimated value to €208,000, and said all of the drugs
would be sent for analysis.[1]
Four men were arrested at the scene: two men in their 40s detained at
Ballymote Garda Station and two men in their 30s detained at Sligo Garda
Station, all held under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1984.[1]One
of the men in his 40s was charged and due before a special sitting of
Carrick-on-Shannon District Court on 21 November, while the two younger men
were released without charge.[2]A second man in his 40s was then charged
and appeared before Donegal District Court on 22 November.[2]
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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 from the Dublin Crime Response Team and Drogheda found a large-scale cannabis cultivation factory in a Drogheda premises on 5 August 2025, seizing plants valued at more than 750,000 euro. Two men in their forties were arrested and detained under drug-trafficking powers.
