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https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/...breaking16.htm
Three arrested over seizure of cannabis plants

Gardai in Dublin arrested and later released three men after cannabis plants worth an estimated €200,000 and growing equipment were seized in the south of the county.

A search at a commercial premises at Greenogue, Newcastle, Co Dublin on Friday also uncovered forged documentation, a Garda spokesman said.

The search by gardai at the Clondalkin drug unit, the Garda national drug unit and other national crime units, was part of the Garda’s Operation Vacuum targeting cannabis growing sites in recent months.

Some 655 cannabis plants were seized and three men, all Irish nationals, were arrested at the scene.

They are aged 24, 26 and 52 and all were detained at Clondalkin Garda station under the provisions of section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act. They were all released without charge this evening. A file will be prepared for the Director of Prosecutions, a Garda spokesman said.

Further searches were carried out in Navan and Clonee, Co Meath, Ballymun in Dublin and Portarlington, Co Laois, as part of the same operation. Forty cannabis plants were seized at the Navan site, along with various drugs paraphernalia, according to the Garda Siochána.

The total value of seizures is estimated at about €250,000.

“Those operating cannabis grow sites apply accelerated growth techniques utilising technology and artificial heat treatment facilities, resulting, in some cases, to cannabis growth at an industrial level,” said the Garda spokesman.

Grow sites have in the past been located in private homes and commercial premises, which in many cases are rented. Gardai warned that the owners of such properties should ensure they are aware of the activities taking place there.

https://www.q102.ie/newsroom/indepth.asp?pt=n&id=89664
Hundreds of fully grown cannabis plants valued in excess of €100,000 have been recovered from two properties.

The operation is similar to one uncovered in Northern Ireland which has resulted in the arrests of 45 people.

Three Chinese nationals have been charged in connection with the ongoing investigation in County Limerick.

Two rented houses are said to have been physically altered, including the demolition of walls to facilitate the growth of suspected cannabis plants.

Newcastle West Superintendent Jim O`Connor has issued an appeal to landlords to check their properties and contact them on 069 62111 if they notice anything suspicious.

The drugs enterprise appears similar to operations in Northern Ireland.

Cannabis with a street value of 10 and half million euro has been seized there, and 45 people from South East Asia have been charged.

The PSNI says organised gangs from Britain moved into rented flats and houses to grow the plants, before selling the drugs throughout the UK.

[Murphle]

Are they as diligent in the UK, like they are in say maybe the USA for arrest concerning grows like this? I almost crapped my pants when I read the part about being released for a later time/date for being charged. WOW!! They'd still be @the Gray bar hotel if they were in the states. Does bail work in the UK like it does in the US? This obviously is a commercial/money making enterprise here, but it seems pretty lax. Unfortunately the war on drugs/citizens continues internationally,SUX!!

[belfast]

Originally Posted by Murphle

Are they as diligent in the UK, like they are in say maybe the USA for arrest concerning grows like this?

The raid did not happen in the UK. They happen in the republic of Ireland.
Law enforcemnet is not as strict in Ireland as the UK or America.

Originally Posted by Murphle

I almost crapped my pants when I read the part about being released for a later time/date for being charged. WOW!! They'd still be @the Gray bar hotel if they were in the states. Does bail work in the UK like it does in the US? This obviously is a commercial/money making enterprise here, but it seems pretty lax. Unfortunately the war on drugs/citizens continues internationally,SUX!!

it is not unusual in a criminal case for the suspect to be released and a file sent to the director of public prosecutions who decides if the are to be charged and appear in court. Bail only applies after they have appeared in court.

Until the last week there have been very few case involving commercial grow operations in the republic of Ireland.

There were a lot of commercial grow operation found in Northern Ireland last year.

The present crack down is probably as a result of raids in the north and information supplied by the police in Northern Ireland.

Most cannabis in Ireland is cheap imported brick weed or soap/ dirt bar of poor quality.

High quality commercial grow operation are new here.

[belfast]

Three held after cannabis plants found in houses
JASON MICHAEL

Gardaí are questioning two men and a woman after cannabis worth around €520,000 was found growing in three houses in Roscommon and Longford this morning.

According to gardaí, an intelligence-driven search by officers took place at Lisacul, Castlerea, Co Roscommon; Strokestown, Co Roscommon; and Drumlish, Co Longford.

At Lisacul, cannabis plants and dried cannabis herb with a street value of €84,000 was seized and a man was arrested.

At Strokestown, cannabis plants and dried cannabis herb with a street value of €147,000 was seized, and a man was arrested. In Drumlish, cannabis plants and dried herb with a street value of €287,000 was seized, and a woman was arrested.

All values are subject to an analysis of the substances and plants, gardaí said.

The searches arose out of an investigation following the discovery of a cannabis plant cultivation factory in Castlerea in April 2008.

The three suspects are being held at Roscommon, Boyle and Longford Garda stations under Section 2 of the Drug Trafficking Act. All three are understood to be Vietnamese.

Gardaí at Castlerea were assisted by the Garda National Drugs Unit and the Garda National Immigration Bureau.

Elsewhere, three people were arrested in the North after a cannabis factory was found in Ballycastle, Co Antrim, yesterday.

During the planned search of the house in Marconi Park at 11.30am, the PSNI found a substantial number of cannabis plants and other drugs-related equipment.

Two men, aged 21 and 46, and a woman (44) were arrested.
https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/...breaking28.htm

[burning_red]

We can expect to hear a lot more about busts here as more and more people grow on this island and inevitably snitches start singing .I know 2 people right now who are having to tear down as they are both being threatened by an ex partner
tell no one---especially your 'girlfriend'

[snes]

They are my girlfriend's - I only smoke them Mr Gardii
Just read in Daily Mail they were vietnamise, and organized by some sort of a triad style gang. You have to love it to do it,do it for passion not for the money.
But for fuck sake would you blackout all your windows in your house? (idiots)

[Murphle]

Thanx for the brief education! Always interested in learning. The other emerald isle, huh?

[Grandad]

Wow- these people are able to grow hundreds of thousands worth of dope apparently.

tens of thousands of grammes (based on a value of €10 a gramme).
These 'factories' must be pretty efficient.
Sounds like a load of rubbish.
Poor bastards.

[belfast]

Two held over cannabis plants seizure
watch Saturday, 9 August 2008 20:55

Two men in their 20s have been arrested after a large quantity of cannabis plants were seized in Monaghan.

Gardaí from the Monaghan Drugs Unit searched two separate houses this morning and discovered an unspecified quantity of the plants.

They are believed to have an approximate street value of €300,000.

The men are being held at Monaghan Garda Station.

Meanwhile, two of the four men arrested in relation to the seizure of €1m worth of cannabis resin yesterday have appeared in court.

41-year-old James Griffin, with an address in Coolock and Joseph Douglas, who is 32 and from Ballyjamesduff in Co Cavan, were remanded in custody to appear in Clover Hill District Court on 15 August.

The other two men remain in custody in Ballymun and Whitehall Garda Stations.

The seizure was made at Forestlittle Road, behind Dublin Airport, when three vehicles were stopped at 6.30am yesterday morning.

Meanwhile, two men and a woman have appeared at Carrick-on-Shannon District Court in connection with the discovery of cannabis growing factories in counties Longford and Roscommon.

47-year-old Cam Linh Louong, with an address in Drumlish, Co Longford, has been remanded in custody to appear at Tullamore District Court on 11 August.

Tim Liu, aged 54 with an address at Strokestown, Co Roscommon, has been remanded in custody to appear at Harristown District Court on 15 August.

51-year-old Son Van Hoang, with an address at Castlerea in Roscommon, was charged under the Misuse of Drugs Act with cultivating cannibas plants.

Judge Conall Gibbons remanded him in custody to appear before Harristown Court in Castlerea on 15 August.
https://www.rte.ie/news/2008/0809/drugs.html

[snes]

has it started for good?