Dog sniffed out cannabis cultivation by farmer with ‘alternative lifestyle’

Snipe, the Garda drugs dog, sniffed out €13,000 worth of cannabis being grown in a field by a 59-year-old Inchigeelagh farmer with an “alternative lifestyle”.

Michael O’Connell, a father-of-five, pleaded guilty yesterday to a charge of cultivating cannabis.

Detective Garda Andrew Manning testified that gardaí obtained a warrant to search his home at The Commons, Inchigeelagh, Co Cork, on November 23, 2013.