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CANNABIS HERB WORTH an estimated €400,000 has been discovered today in Mayo, gardaí said.
Members from the Claremorris Community Engagement Unit and the Mayo Divisional Drugs Unit conducted a search this afternoon at a disused premises at Ballinastanford, Claremorris.
They discovered the disused premises had been converted into a cannabis grow house with insulation lighting and heat fitted out to facilitate large-scale production.
Over 500 cannabis plants were discovered, with the estimated value subject to analysis.
No arrests were made, and gardaí added that investigations were ongoing.
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And here comes the comments-legalise and tax…
@Ray Jakans: well like the VAT alone (taken at standard rate) on that is €92,000….. does less harm than alcohol or cigarettes and has medicinal properties…. but ya know, war on drugs and all that….
@Ray Jakans: yes, and we’ll keep harping on until the correct thing is done :)
@Ross McGann: only a hashead would say that. It’s a gateway drug and it messes up your brain.
@Ray Jakans: legalise and tax, happy Ray? Moaner
@K C: Can you please explain how “it’s a gateway drug”
@K C: it’s not a gateway drug. Cigarettes and alcohol usually come first and that’s fact. The two that are legal and taxed.
@King B: And also pretty much the only two that have absolutely no medical or therapeutic uses whatsoever. ( PCP also has no uses that I’m aware of, but is extremely rare here, as far as I know)
@K C: I’m educated, own a house/car and work a full time job, an active member of society, some might say…. lots of countries (including Ireland to a degree) are legalizing. Only a gate way drug if the person you are buying from is pushing other drugs or there are underlining issues. Regulated dispensaries would put an end to that. Plenty of studies out there to prove it if you’re willing to get your head out of the sand and look :P
@Ray Jakans: why was my comment deleted?? All I said was “no just take a tablet made in a lab, then another tablet to counter-act the side effects of that tablet. Muppet.”?? Journal censorship?!
@Ross McGann: how would poor people afford it
@Ross McGann: TweedleD and The Simple lad couldn’t possibly let the Big Phama down,Come on could they….
@Ray Jakans: damn right
@K C: messes with your brain just like coffee. Try to get some edumication on the subject sir.
@Ross McGann: Never McGann, the sand is warm. We can’t have people expanding their consciousness with this stuff making independent decisions, they need to be institutionalized cogs in the machine, work-consume-die.
@K C: it can be a gateway drug in some circumstances but not all. There are people who smoke cannabis who don’t go on to experiment with any other kinds of illegal drug.
@King B: cigarettes and alcohol come first so that means hash isn’t a gateway drug? How does that make sense? It doesn’t.
@Ross McGann: only a gateway drug is the person you’re buying it from (drug dealer) is pushing strangers drugs? Nope. People can and have moved onto harder drugs after hash not just because of underlying habits but because of many reasons. My head is not in the sand, there is many studies out there also that proves it damages your brain cells but I guess you’ve never read them?
@Gil Thelander: of course yeah. I didn’t say everyone who smokes hash moves onto harder drugs.
@Dave time: are you really comparing coffee to an illegal drug like hash? That says a lot about your education sir.
@K C: Alcohol does more damage to your brain and causes more rows than marijuana will ever do Proven
@Ray Jakans: Age. Just must be allowed for people who turn 21. Screws brains if they are still growing. …. When legalized in the right way with proper campaign it’s actually is reducing consumption.
@K C: ITS WEED NOT HASH!
@George Salter: its derivate, ketamine, is common enough.
@Mary Morrisey: I cant find any references to ketamine being a pcp derivative. In any case, ketamine has therapeutic uses.
@K C: You do realise cigarettes and alcohol are drugs? cigarettes and alcohol are the first choice for teenagers, not hash. If ya knew anything about the situation anyway you’d know hash is mostly a drug of choice for middle aged men. There’s no teenager going around with lumps of hash. I feel you’re about 20 years behind the rest of us with your limited knowledge.
@K C: Have you ever tried stopping your caffine drug hit for a week. The withdrawal is horrendous. You can smoke weed every day for a year and completely stop one day with no I’ll effects.
@Dave time: Ah nah youd be dying for a smoke to be fair.
Drugs on the table policing for fans of the Wire. The high price that cannabis can achieve is BECAUSE it is illegal. And the price quoted is the street and not the cost price and also based on the maximum price for a fully mature high yielding plants. You can buy plants the size of that shown in the image in the US for less than 30 dollars. I don’t even have any gra for the weed but still think it’s ridiculous to criminalise it and lose all the taxes while criminal organisations reap the rewards.
@Sean: I agree, it seems a waste not to let people grow their own mild strains and farmers could sell it commercially and tax it. I reckon alcohol is more antisocial in general. In excess, that is.
More super high THC “wedding cake” on the way to replace it. Good job, not!
@Peter McKevitt: nothing wrong with wedding cake it might be a strong strain but it’s no more harmful than what we get over here. It’s not going to kill anyone.
@Peter McKevitt: have you tried it?
@King B: On my list
@Peter McKevitt: it is stupid strong. Biggest stoneover of my life the following morning.
What’s that, a 10 x 20 room and you’ve got one oscillating fan? Amateurs.
The gardai have a lot of time on their hands these days and it seems like a lot of very chatty people are getting pinched, there seems to be a domino effect of people getting caught and giving up their suppliers.
If I grew weed for a living I think now would be a good time to pack up my gear, put it in storage and move.
@Sean Fahey: So true. Mexicans are crossing the strictest border in the world daily and our lads have it in the passenger seat of the modified Passat. Muppets, every industry can stand to loose a few to ‘natural selection’ methinks
If it is illegal how do they know the price.
@Frances Faller: Depends on which street corner you buy on…….so me mate told me.
@Frances Faller: Also none of the above is nearly fully grown, as such isn’t useable, wonder if that stands up in court.
@thesaltyurchin: it wont as the analysis will show no thc content
Legalise, tax & regulate.
Take the money out of the criminals hands.
A british law passed on Irish soil that has no validity!
They usually make a hash of All Ireland’s
Good to see it off the streets. Well done mayo Gardai
@edmundoux23: it was in a house not the street
@edmundoux23: I prefer a ketchup garda, they’re sweeter…
Alcohol more a gateway drug to cocaine than cannabis will ever be
If I’m not here for a while, don’t jump to conclusions ..
Well done to the Garda they are playing a blinder. To those who this it would be OK to legalise this I’m guessing you don’t have kids. I don’t want my kids growing up where is normal to smoke this stuff. Yes some people do it and they are fine. But imagine been able to get it all the time. In the world we live in have a look at stoners on YouTube tic toc insta Facebook etc looks great crack. No it doesn’t.
@Colin Mcgahon: we can get it every day anyway. It’s slightly more difficult now but it’s there. Your kids, when they’re old enough will make their own decisions anyway, especially stupid ones all kids do. Wouldn’t it be better if they made that choice and they weren’t criminalised. Even if it was someone else’s kids, wouldn’t it be better to create a safer environment for them to experiment? The way it is at the moment weed is wrecking lives because teenagers are getting themselves into debt, intimidation starts and it gets violent very quickly.
@Colin Mcgahon: I would much rather see adults buying cannabis from licensed retailers than the current state of affairs where kids sell cannabis, pills and powders in schools.
@Colin Mcgahon: so you don’t mind your kids growing up knowing smoking cigarettes and drinking alcohol is okay?
@Colin Mcgahon: The problem in this country is the alcohol junkies running riot every night of the week on streets in every town/city. Shouting, roaring, breaking stuff, falling out the pubs at 2am on the ground next to unconscious heroin users and you cant tell whos who. Your quite happy to have your kids grow up in a country where you know its not safe to walk down the street as a box in the head could be coming from anywhere. A nation of junky f**kheads, the most civilised of which are those who smoke weed in the privacy of their own homes.
So that’s why they cant win an All Ireland… They are all stoned.
On second thoughts, forget it.
It’s about time an Irish Govt showed some initiative on the illicit drugs front (particularly marijuana/hash) and made a decision based on the veracity of the following factors: Demand (human nature) is not going to go away ergo supply will continue; health and well being – government regulation of supply would ensure a minimum product quality standard therefore avoiding unnecessary health effects/deaths (cost to state in economic terms, aside from human tragedy; revenue – taxes from legal drugs would be new revenue stream (could be invested in healthcare system) and also a means to starve criminal fraternity of a major revenue stream (a significant win/win for the state you would think..); reduction in criminal activity (drug wars), see previous point. When the Covid-19 tragedy has subsided, this is a debate that should be happening at the highest level of government. Somehow or other, I suspect short term political considerations may take precedence.
So what are they going to do with it. Keep it for their own medicinal needs
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