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Gardaí find €700k worth of cannabis at growhouse in sleepy Roscommon village

Officers attached to the Mayo Roscommon Longford Divisional Drugs Unit made the discovery this afternoon (April 9)

Gardaí find €700k worth of cannabis at growhouse in sleepy Roscommon village

Seven hundred thousand euro worth of illegal drugs have been seized at a large-scale growhouse in a Roscommon village. 

Gardaí attached to the Mayo Roscommon Longford Divisional Drugs Unit conducted a search operation at a property in Loughglynn this afternoon (April 9), where they discovered the operation. 

Three men aged in their 30s were arrested at the scene and are currently detained under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act, 1996, at Garda stations in County Roscommon. 

The search was conducted as part of an ongoing investigation, under Operation Tara, targeting suspected cannabis growhouses.

Cannabis plants and cannabis herb with an estimated street value of €700,000 were seized by investigating Gardaí.

All drugs are now subject to analysis by Forensic Science Ireland (FSI).

Investigations are ongoing.

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