Gardaí in Laois foil drugs operation and seize €290K worth of cannabis

Gardaí in Laois have made a sizeable drug seizure as part of an ongoing intelligence led investigation in the Laois area.

At approximately 10pm on Wednesday evening, June 29, Gardaí from the Portlaoise District carried out a planned search of a house on Main Street, Ballyroan, Laois. During the course of the search cannabis herb with an estimated street value of up to €50,000 and cannabis plants with an estimated street value of up to €240,000, pending analysis, were seized.

Three men, ageing between 20 and 50, were arrested at the scene and were detained under the provisions of Section 2 of The Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act 1996 at Portlaoise Garda Station. All three men were charged and brought before Dublin District Court CCJ this morning, Saturday, 2nd July, 2016 and were remanded in custody to appear before Cloverhill Court next Thursday, July 7.