Gardaí have seized cannabis plants worth more than €750,000 following a search operation in Drogheda, Co. Louth yesterday.
As part of an ongoing operation targeting the sale and supply of drugs, Gardaí attached to the Dublin Crime Response Team and Drogheda searched a premises and found a large-scale cannabis cultivation factory.
Cannabis plants with an estimated street value of more than €750,000 were sized.
Two men aged in their 40s were arrested at the scene and are currently being detained at Garda Stations in the north east of the country.
The drugs have been sent to Forensic Science Ireland for analysis. Investigations are ongoing.
Commenting on the investigation, Assistant Commissioner Cliona Richardson said: "The discovery and dismantling of this sophisticated cannabis cultivation operation will affect the ability of those involved to cause harm in our communities.
“The investigation – led by the Dublin Crime Response Team under Operation Tara and assisted by local Gardaí in Drogheda – demonstrates An Garda Síochána’s commitment to collaboratively target drug trafficking networks and related criminal activity occurring in and impacting not only Dublin but other Regions throughout the country.”
