Gardaí targeting the sale and supply of controlled drugs in the Kilkee, Co Clare area have today (13/1/14) discovered two separate cannabis cultivation operations.
At approximately 10am, Gardaí searched a house in Lislanahan, Kilkee, where approximately 200 cannabis plants with an estimated street value of €160,000 (pending analysis) were discovered. A male and female both aged 23 years were arrested and are currently detained at Kilrush Garda station under the provisions of Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act, 1984.
In the second operation Gardaí searched a property in Tullaroe, Kilkee, where approximately 300 cannabis plants with an estimated street value of €280,000 (pending analysis) were discovered. A male in his 50s was arrested and is currently being detained at Ennis Garda station under the provisions of Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act, 1996.
Photographs of both seizures are available on request from the Garda Press Office. pressoffice@garda.ie
