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Garda Press Office
Ballinrobe
Gardaí seize cannabis plants worth €200,000 in Mayo
A man in his 50s has been arrested in connection with the seizure.
GARDAÍ HAVE ARRESTED a man after discovering a grow house with an estimated €200,000-worth of cannabis plants in The Neale, Ballinrobe, Co Mayo.
Yesterday, as part of an on-going operation in the Mayo area, gardaí in Castlebar working with the Divisional Drugs Unit, carried out a search at a house in the Ballinrobe area of Co Mayo.
They discovered 261 cannabis plants at various stages of growth, and recovered various items of drugs paraphernalia.
A man in his 50s was arrested at the scene and is currently detained at Castlebar Garda Station under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act 1996.
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