Press Releases
20/06/2012
Drug seizure and arrests in Ballacolla, Co. Laois on the 19/6/12
As part of an ongoing investigation into the cultivation of cannabis, Gardai carried out at search at a house in Ballacolla, Co. Laois on the 19th June 2012.
During the search a cultivation site was discovered and cannabis plants with an estimated street value of €140,000 (pending analysis) were seized.
Two men were arrested at the scene and are currently detained under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act, 1996, at Portlaoise Garda Station.
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