Gardaí have arrested a man in connection with the seizure of more than €26,000 worth of suspected cannabis plants in Athenry Co Galway on Wednesday May 6, 2020.
Gardaí from the Divisional Drugs Unit in Galway conducted a search of a house in Athenry under warrant at 8.30pm on Wednesday May 6.
During the search they located a grow house in two bedrooms containing a quantity of cannabis plants in various stages of growth.
Fans and lamps were installed to enable growth and these were also seized.
A man in his late 30s was arrested on Wednesday arising from the detection and detained at the North Western Regional Headquarters in Murrough, Co Galway under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1984.
The man was released without charge on Thursday May 7, 2020 and a file is being prepared for the Director of Public Prosecutions.
