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Raid

Cannabis plants worth €360k seized in Meath

One man has been arrested.

ONE ARREST HAS been made after gardaí seized cannabis plants in Meath.

The raid took place yesterday at a premises in Gillstown Little, Athboy.

Plants with an estimated street value of €360,000 were seized at the scene, and a 21-year-old man arrested.

He is currently detained at Kells Garda Station.

The raid was part of an ongoing drugs clampdown in area by gardaí, aiming to ‘disrupt criminals and dismantle their networks’.

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