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Seizure
Gardaí make multi-million euro cannabis seizure in Kilkenny
Cannabis plants and herbal cannabis with a combined estimated street value of €3 million (subject to analysis) were seized, Gardaísay.
GARDAÍ HAVE ARRESTED three men in connection with a multi-million euro seizure of cannabis in Co Kilkenny this evening.
An operation involving the Garda National Drugs Unit, Gardaí from the Kilkenny Division and Regional Support Units a search saw a double warehouse in Kildalton, Piltown, Co Kilkenny, searched this evening.
During the search two cannabis grow houses were discovered. Plants at various stages of growth and cut cannabis with a combined estimated street value of €3 million (subject to analysis) were seized.
Three males aged in their 30s were arrested at the scene and are currently detained under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act, 1996, at Thomastown and Kilkenny Garda Stations.
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