GARDAÍ IN TIPPERARY have arrested and charged a man after discovering a grow house which was found after officers opened a concealed door in the apartment.
Officers said that €50,000 of suspected cannabis plants were seized yesterday.
Shortly before 5pm, officers from the Tipperary Divisional Drug Unit, assisted by Newport gardaí, executed a search warrant at a house in the North Tipperary area.
There, they found two rooms converted into grow houses. One of the rooms was found through a concealed door that was hidden behind a shelving unit. In both rooms, gardaí found suspected cannabis plants at various stages of growth worth over €50,000.
Both grow houses were fitted out with extractor fans, timers for the various lighting, heaters and irrigation systems.
A man, aged in his 60s, was arrested at the scene and detained under Section 4 Criminal Justice Act 1984 at Nenagh Garda Station. He has since been charged.
Meanwhile, €35,000 worth of cocaine was seized and a man arrested following a search of an apartment complex in the Clondra area of Longford.
The search was carried out by members of the Longford/Roscommon Divisional Drugs Unit supported by local gardaí and members from the Armed Support Unit.
A man, aged in his 30s, was arrested at the scene and is currently detained at Longford Garda Station under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act 1996.
In yet another seizure, this time in Westmeath. gardaí stopped and searched a car in the Green Road area of Mullingar.
During the course of the search, officers recovered cannabis with an estimated value of €2,600.
A follow-up search was carried out at a house in the Ashe Road area of Mullingar. Gardaí seized a large quantity of suspected amphetamines with an estimated value of €135,000.
A man, aged in his 30s, has been arrested and is currently detained at Mullingar Garda Station under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1984.
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