€528,000 worth of drugs discovered at suspected Roscommon grow house

At approximately 1pm on Monday 30th January 2023, Gardaí from the Roscommon Divisional Drugs Unit assisted by Gardaí from Castlerea conducted a search of a premises under warrant as part of Operation Tara in Ballaghaderreen, County Roscommon.

During the course of this search, a suspected cannabis grow-house was discovered by Gardaí.

Suspected cannabis plants with an estimated value of €288,000 were seized along with approximately €240,000 of processed cannabis.

All of the drugs seized is valued at approximately €528,000, pending analysis from Forensic Science Ireland.

A woman in her 50s and a man in his 60s were arrested at the scene. They are both currently being detained at Castlerea Garda Station under the provisions of Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act 1996.

Investigations are ongoing.