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A MAN HAS been arrested after €100,000 worth of drugs were discovered in a house in Cavan this morning.
The planned search took place at a premises in Coolkill, Kilnaleck at around 9am.
Cannabis plants were seized along with growhouse equipment and other paraphernalia.
A 29-year-old man was arrested at the scene, he’s currently being held at Cavan Garda Station.
The scene is currently preserved for a technical examination.
Gardaí say that these operations use advanced analytical and intelligence methods to disrupt criminals and dismantle their networks.
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Legalised it would bring in enough revenue to look after our hospitals, and a lot more besides!
you wont get support for that kind of logic here for what another 10 years? too many sheep around
if that’s it in the picture 100k is way too much. no doubt just some smokers private grow..
it’s a waste of time going after these types of operations. you can buy everything you need in the shops, seeds and all. why do they sell them if they are illegal? go after the heroin importers and leave the pot heads alone.
Because its not illegal to buy cannabis plant seeds. How can it be illegal to buy a natural plant seed. Its once you plant them in soil the so called “crime” is committed. As far as I know its not even illegal to have 1 or 2 plants but anymore & then its intent to supply. That’s where the drugs legislation kicks in.
they should get with the times. seeds are sold as souvenirs. smells like entrapment to me. makes the guards look good tackling harmless pot heads, least resistance from any drug culture.
It is illegal to have one or two plants. Just saying
Graham it can be illegal to buy natural plant seeds,weed seeds are illegal to buy in america,australia and other countries too and its illegal to grow even one or two plants,you would be charged with personal use brought to court and fined for it
What a massive waste of Garda time and resources, court time, prison costs.
Surely the “advanced analytical methods” could be better used to combat violent crime.
Coffee is potentially more harmful than these plants FFS!!
This won’t stay up long but here goes anyway …
A penniless eastern European was caught in a growhouse – he is on remand since.
A cocaine dealer was caught with a lot of the drug – he was granted Bail in the morning …
need I write anymore ?
I love the footnote that gardai used all the fancy police work to find him, they probably got a call from the ESB to say this 3 bed semi has a massive electric bill and went around, that’s what police in England did for years, that and had helicopters with infa red cameras flying around and if a house glowed a bit more than the rest they got a knock on the door
That technique is still used. The helicopters use flir cameras to detect unusual heat coming from buildings/residences. Then a ground team is sent to the area to check anything unusual about the property like the window blinds constantly down etc. A lot of grow ops will bypass the meter so the electricity consumption won’t red flag. I would say a lot of the grow houses are caught from tip offs.
Even if the meter is bypassed the ESB will no that allot of power is being consumed and not paid for in a certin area.
Guards will then have a look around that area for a grow house.
If the electricity is being used and not paid for why do the ESB not cut them off ? Just curious !!!
Funny place Cavan,
Old boy living alone got broken into last week . They stole his life savings ( it was in Old Old Money)Thrashed his house and the pot of stew that was simmering on the stove for the next days dinner well they left a turd in it. He had to throw out half the stew
Mr Spock I was reading this while heating my beef stew in Microwave.Have not the stomach for it now ..thanks a bunch.
Time to round up those thugs and give them stew !
Why can’t I make a find like that.
He was living the HIGH life eh ;)
I’d say that room stinks to high hell
As usual waste of Garda time and resources
It’s only a bit of green
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