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Operation Tara: Over €137,000 Cannabis Seized at Growhouse and One Arrest, Dundalk, Co. Louth, 5th November 2025

Issue Date: 06/11/2025

Gardaí attached to Dundalk Drugs Unit have arrested a man, and seized over €137,000 of suspected illegal cannabis, following a search under warrant of a residence in Dundalk, Co. Louth, on Wednesday 5th November 2025.

During the course of the search, a cannabis cultivation operation was discovered. Approximately 2.5kg of harvested cannabis along with 109 cannabis plants, with a total value of €137,200 were seized.

The drugs seized are now subject to analysis by Forensic Science Ireland.

A man (aged in his 50’s) was arrested and detained pursuant to Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1984, at a Garda Station in the Co. Louth area.

He has since been charged, and is scheduled to appear before Drogheda District Court this morning, Thursday 6th November 2025, at approximately 10.30am.

Investigations are ongoing.