More cannabis found in Meath

A man and a woman were arrested today after a cannabis find in Meath.

Four hundred plants worth around €120,000 and linked to an organised crime gang were seized at a house in rural Co Meath.

Gardaí described the illegal factory as a sophisticated operation.

Officers from the Criminal Assets Bureau and Navan Garda Station raided the home in the Grennan area near Drumcondrath in a crackdown on the gang’s dealings in north Dublin and Meath.

A man and a woman, both aged in their 40s, arrested at the house were being questioned under section two of the Drugs Trafficking Act at Navan Garda Station.

In a separate raid today, gardaí found several dozen cannabis plants in the attic of a house in Bray, Co Wicklow.

The roofspace had been converted with light, heat and irrigation systems and gardai said the drugs haul was worth around €18,000.

A 23-year-old man and a woman aged 29 were detained at the Dargle Heights home.