Man jailed for growhouse

An elaborate growhouse with €66,000 worth of harvested and growing cannabis was uncovered in a remote area near Macroom and yesterday the man responsible was jailed for three years.

Adam McCarthy, aged 33, was sentenced to six years, with half of it suspended. He pleaded guilty to cultivating cannabis and possessing cannabis for sale or supply, with a combined value of €66,000, at Aughinida, Rusheen, Macroom, Co Cork.

Garda Conor Cahill told Cork Circuit Criminal Court that gardaí raided the house on August 24, 2015. They found a sophisticated growhouse operation in a number of rooms upstairs with four tents containing 46 mature cannabis plants that had a street value of €36,000.