# Grow Houses

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# Trafficking

From Vietnam to Mountjoy: Shackled by debt, trafficked and trapped in an Irish growhouse

Q’s story is terrifying and heartbreaking, as well as a look at the failure of global laws.

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Sep 7th 2015, 6:05 AM

# Human Trafficking

Some convicted migrants may have been forced to commit crimes by human traffickers

183 people were trafficked into Ireland in three years, a report shows.

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Oct 18th 2014, 1:06 PM

# Drugs

Grow Houses: Do you know what your tenants are doing?

John, an unsuspecting landlord in Co Galway, found that his rented house had been used to grow cannabis. Repairing the damage done cost him thousands of euros.

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Jan 31st 2013, 7:30 AM

# Drugs

5 arrested as Gardaí seize €5 million in cannabis plants from 'industrial' operation

The haul of cannabis plants from industrial-style grow houses around the country was one of the largest drug seizures of the year

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Oct 24th 2012, 5:50 PM

# Cannabis

Increase in cannabis production a 'concern': Garda Commissioner

Martin Callinan said that there has been an increase in the number of grow houses since the closure of head shops around the country – but says gardaí are making “significant in-roads” in tackling the criminal gangs involved.

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Apr 20th 2011, 10:10 AM