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Sunday World
19 hours ago
- Sunday World
Man (20s) charged as 126 ‘mature' cannabis plants worth €100k seized in Dundalk
Gardai from the Dundalk Drugs Unit, assisted by Dundalk Detective and Crime Units executed a search warrant at the premises last night A man in his 20s has been charged after 126 'mature' cannabis plants worth €100,800 were seized at a home in Dundalk, Co Louth. Gardai from the Dundalk Drugs Unit, assisted by Dundalk Detective and Crime Units executed a search warrant at the premises last night. The plants were seized along with €34,000 worth cannabis which was packaged and 'ready for onward sale and supply.' Stock image News in 90 Seconds - June 20th The arrest came as part of Operation Tara, An Garda Siochana's ongoing investigation into the sale and supply of drugs. The suspect, who was arrested at the scene, has been charged and will appear before a special sitting of Dundalk District Court this afternoon. Investigations are ongoing.
Irish Daily Mirror
21 hours ago
- Irish Daily Mirror
Man arrested after over €100,000 of cannabis plants seized following Louth raid
One man has been arrested after Gardaí seized over €100,000 of cannabis plants following a Louth raid. Late last night Thursday, 19 June, as part of Operation Tara and ongoing investigations into the sale and supply of drugs and related criminal activity, Gardaí attached to the Dundalk Drugs Unit assisted by Dundalk Detective and Crime Units executed a search under warrant at a residence in Dundalk, Louth. During the course of the search, approximately 126 mature cannabis plants, with an estimated street value of €100,800 was seized (analysis pending), along with cannabis with an estimated value of €34,000 which was packaged and ready for onward sale and supply. A man, aged in his late 20s was arrested at the scene in connection with the investigation and is currently detained under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act, 1996 at a Garda station in Co. Louth. He has since been charged and appeared before a special sitting of Dundalk District Court this afternoon at 4pm on June 20. The drugs will be sent for analysis to Forensic Science Ireland (FSI). This seizure forms part of Operation Tara; an enhanced national anti-drugs strategy, which was launched by Garda Commissioner Drew Harris on July 2, 2021. The focus of Operation Tara is to disrupt, dismantle and prosecute drug trafficking networks, at all levels - international, national, local - involved in the importation, distribution, cultivation, production, local sale and supply of controlled drugs.
