Cannabis plants worth €5m seized in raids

Cannabis plants worth €5m have been seized as part of an ongoing nationwide anti-drugs operation.

Four industrial-style growhouses were raided by gardaí across the country and five men — three Asian and two Polish, all in their 30s — were arrested.

The biggest warehouse operation was in Tramore, Co Waterford, where €1.6m of the drugs was recovered from a unit that had been converted into a growhouse.