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SEVERAL PEOPLE ARE to appear in court today in connection with a series of drug seizures in the South East region yesterday.
Gardaí yesterday arrested six people as part of an ongoing operation targeting the sale and supply of cannabis in the region. A number of planned searches of housing in counties Waterford, Wexford, Carlow and Kildare led to the arrests of five men and one woman, ranging in age from those in their 20s to to those in their 30s.
Cannabis plants with an estimated street value of €750,000 (pending analysis) were seized along with €60,000.
Of the two males detained at Enniscorthy yesterday, one man is scheduled to appear before Gorey District Court this morning. The second man has been released without charge and a file will be prepared for the Director of Public Prosecutions .
Of the two men detained at Waterford yesterday, one man is due to appear before Carlow District Court this afternoon while the second remains in custody.
Of the two people detained at Carlow yesterday, a man is due to appear before Carlow District Court this afternoon while a female remains in custody.
A male who was detained at Newbridge yesterday appeared at Naas District Court yesterday charged in relation to the investigation.
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I wish they’d start catching people with heroin and cocaine for a change.
That’s a fairly stupid comment
Its a stupid comment because gardai are catching lots of cocaine and heroin dealers aswell. Cannabis is illegal at d moment and gardai are just doing there job. It should not be legalised ever here the saying gateway drug. …..
If you think cannabis is a gateway drug then you have no idea what you’re talking about.
How is it not?
Waste of time and resources. Decriminalise it and / or legalise it and tax it. It’d brung in hundreds of millions a year in tax revenue. No brainier really!
No brainer us what you get from using it
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More to be said about dangers of hard drugs.. Agree.! Never win the battle to get cannabis off the street, just such a waste of money resources..
If we should legalise cannabis because the ‘war’ to take it off the streets can’t be won, then we should just go ahead and legalise all drugs because it won’t be possible to get rid of them either.
Shit why not just have a complete laissez faire attitude to everything, we can’t stop murders so legalise it, we can’t stop drink driving so legalise it… Just because you can’t win doesn’t mean you should give in.
Never win the battle against coke, heroin or other “hard drugs” either but i dont get your point!
I see you’ve researched Portugal’s decriminalisation project then…..
Still they shouldn’t be locked up. The only real crime is that they wouldn’t of been paying tax on their earnings.
What a waste of time and money. Can see the Gards giving themselves a pat on the back for ruining these poor lads lives for selling a bit of weed.
750,000 of plants and 60,000 cash is more than a ‘bit’ of weed
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