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Drugs with a street value of 500000 seized in Terelton

April 17th, 2015 11:55 AM

By Southern Star Team

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GARDAI in Macroom seized cannabis with an estimated street value of €500,000 after a planned search of a premises at Annahala West, near Terelton, in Macroom earlier this week.

Cannabis PlantBy Kieran O’Mahony

GARDAI in Macroom, with the assistance of the Divisional Drugs Unit from Bandon, seized cannabis with an estimated street value of €500,000 after a planned search of a premises at Annahala West, near Terelton, in Macroom earlier this week.

A large quantity of cannabis resin and cannabis grass was seized at the premises, and a Polish man in his mid-30s was arrested, and is being detained under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act 1996. This latest find is one of a number of planned searches in the Macroom area over the past number of weeks. Garda said that 86 mature cannabis plants, with an estimated street value of €70,000, were seized at a grow house at Caum in Macroom in March. Three men were arrested at the scene.

Earlier this month, two males were arrested at Carriganimma, Macroom, after a substantial quantity of suspected cocaine was located following a planned search of a premises there.Another grow house was located at Kilmeady, Millstreet, in early April and 72 mature cannabis plants and 100 stems with a street value of €100,000 were seized.

Enquiries are on-going and an arrest is eminent, gardai said.

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