GARDAÍ ARRESTED TWO men and seized more than €2 million worth of cannabis products during searches at business and residential properties in Castlebar, Longford, Drogheda and Carlow. 

The seized products included “substantial quantities of cannabis-infused jellies, cannabis oil-infused vapes and ‘reefer’ cigarettes containing HHC and THC,” a garda spokesperson said. 

THC and HHC are both psychoactive chemicals found in cannabis products. 

The seized substances will be forwarded to Forensic Science Ireland for analysis.

In total, gardaí searched five business premises and two homes between 2 and 9 July.

Gardaí said the business premises that were raided were involved in the sale of vapes. 

The two men (aged in their 30s) were arrested in Mayo and Longford and are being detained under Section 2 of Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act 1996, at garda stations in the midlands.

The operation involved personnel attached to the Garda National Drugs & Organised Crime Bureau (GNDOCB), Customs Revenue Service and Drug Units based in the Longford, Mayo, Roscommon, Kildare and Drogheda.