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Gardaí seize €60,000 worth of cannabis

The investigation into the cultivation, sale and supply of cannabis in the Waterford area continues.

GARDAÍ IN WATERFORD have arrested a man in his 30s after a cannabis cultivation unit was discovered at an apartment this afternoon.

Cannabis plants and herbal cannabis with an estimated street value of €60,000 was seized by the Waterford Divisional Drugs unit.

Gardaí investigating the cultivation, sale and supply of cannabis in the area had carried out a planned search of the apartment.

The arrested man is being detained at Waterford Garda station under section two of the Criminal Justice Drug Trafficking Act.

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