Cannabis farmer paid off workmen with drugs

A Londoner living in West Cork grew cannabis and paid workmen 2g of the drug per hour to build a house for him.

John McFadden, of Trafraska, Baltimore, Co Cork, who runs a 50-acre cattle farm, operated a cannabis barter system to pay labourers.

However, drugs squad gardaí were alerted to the crop and obtained a warrant to search his property.