Two held after grow-house raid

Two men were in custody last night after gardaí raided a large and sophisticated cannabis grow-house in Co Cork over the weekend.

The Polish men, aged 25 and 27, were due before a special sitting of Mallow District Court where they were each due to be charged in connection with the discovery of an estimated €150,000 worth of cannabis plants.

The pair were arrested when gardaí from the Mallow drug unit, acting on intelligence, swooped on a two-storey house in the Newtwopothouse area, just off the road to Buttevant, at around 9.45pm on Friday.