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Garda Press Office
Seizure
Three men arrested after this bag of drugs was seized in Carlow
The three men are Lithuanian nationals.
THREE MEN REMAIN in custody after a drug seizure in Carlow.
At 8pm last night gardaí searched a house at Borlum Wood on the Green Road in Carlow town. During the course of the search they discovered seven kilos of cannabis herb in an upstairs room.
In a second room, 100 cannabis plants were discovered at various stages of growth. The drugs have a street value, subject to analysis, of €220,000.
Two men in their 50s and a man in his 30s, all Lithuanian nationals, were arrested at the scene and taken to Carlow Garda Station where they are detained under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act, 1996.
The scene has been preserved over night pending a full technical examination and the operation is on-going.
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