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GARDAÍ IN SLIGO have arrested three people after discovering a large quantity of cannabis.

The drugs were found during the search of a house at Cloonloo at around noon yesterday.

During the search, they discovered a cannabis cultivation operation, containing around 250 cannabis plants as well as processed cannabis herb.

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Subject to analysis, the drugs have a street value of €200,000.

A man and woman in their 30s, and a man in his late 20s, were arrested at the scene.

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They’ve been detained at Ballymote Garda Station under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act, 1996.

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