At about 10pm on Saturday 3rd May, 2014, while conducting a Mandatory Alcohol Testing (MAT)Checkpoint on St. John's Road West, Gardaí ftom the Dublin Regional Traffic Department detected a smell of cannabis from a vehicle.
A search under the Misuse of Drugs Act revealed a medium sized bag of what appeared to be cannabis. The driver a man in his 30s was arrested and detained under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act at Kilmainham Garda station.
In a follow up search at a house in Prosperous Co Kildare, DMR Traffic Division members, assisted by local Gardaí from Naas & Clane, searched this premises in the early hours of Sunday 4th May, 2014, and uncovered a cannabis cultivation operation, yielding a quantity of cannabis plant and herb with a potential street value of approximately €60,000 as well as approximately €30,000 in cash.
