Gardaí seize €400,000 worth of cannabis at city home

GARDAÍ in Cork yesterday seized €400,000 worth of cannabis from a house in the city in a joint operation with customs officials.

Gardaí seize €400,000 worth of cannabis at city home

After a surveillance operation lasting several days, gardaí obtained a search warrant and raided a house in Wellington Road at approximately 3pm. They found 40kg of the drug concealed in furniture which is understood to have originated from South Africa.

A non-national in his 20s was arrested at the scene and taken to Mayfield Garda Station to be questioned by Cork city drugs squad.

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