Trial over discovery of €600k drugs at growhouse

A Chinese national went on trial in Cork yesterday charged with four counts relating to the discovery of a €600,000 cannabis growhouse at an industrial unit in Cork City.

The trial of Gui Yu Yang, aged 35, of 6 Linnetfields Green, Clonee, Dublin, commenced at Cork Circuit Criminal Court before Judge Seán Ó Donnabháin and a jury of six men and six women.

He pleaded not guilty to being in possession of cannabis, having it for sale or supply, a similar count related to possession of drugs with a street value exceeding €13,000, and cultivation of cannabis at Unit 7, South Link Business Park, Ballycurreen, Cork, on March 29, 2014.