17/09/2012

Gardaí Seize Cannabis Worth Up €900,000

Cannabis worth over €900,000 has been seized by the Gardai in raids in Wexford and Galway over the weekend.

Nine people were arrested during the weekend raids in Enniscorthy, Tuam and Oughterard.

Officers in Wexford arrested two men and a woman in a house in Glenbrien, Enniscorthy, on Saturday afternoon, seizing cannabis plants with an estimated street value of €164,000.

The three, aged in their 40s and 20s, are currently being held under Section Two of The Criminal Justice Act 1996 at Enniscorthy garda station

And Gardaí in Co Galway are continuing to question six Vietnamese people after seizing €750,000 worth of cannabis during a raid of three grow houses in the county.

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