Pensioners arrested after cannabis raid

A COUPLE in their 70s were among four people arrested after gardaí smashed a sophisticated cannabis factory in rural Kilkenny.

An English couple, in their 40s, were also arrested in relation to what gardaí described as “an elaborate growing operation” in an outhouse in the Garrygaug area, 5km outside the village of Mullinavat, in south Kilkenny.

Garda sources said the factory was capable of producing up to €300,000 worth of herbal cannabis a year.