Cannabis with a street value of €250,000 was seized in a drug squad operation at Vicarstown, Blarney, Co Cork, a detective yesterday said when a man appeared in court facing charges in relation to the case.

Teams of gardaí with sniffer dogs seized more than €250,000 of buried cannabis during searches of woodland on the outskirts of Cork.

Gardaí in Cork have arrested a man and seized cannabis with a street value of €228,000 following a search of a woods near Blarney.