Three due before courts after €750,000 cannabis haul in South East drug-dealing probe

Three men are due to appear in court in connection with the seizure of €750,000 worth of cannabis plants.

The plants were seized this week during searches in counties Waterford, Wexford, Carlow and Kildare.

Five men and a woman were arrested on Thursday as part of an ongoing investigation into drug-dealing in the South East.

Plants worth €750,000 were seized during the planned raids. €60,000 in cash was also recovered.

A man was charged before Naas District Court yesterday and three others will appear in various courtrooms this afternoon.

Two of them are before a District Court Judge in Carlow, while the other man who was held in Enniscorthy garda station is due to appear before Gorey District Court in Co Wexford.

Meanwhile, another man is still being questioned. The only female suspect remains in garda custody in Carlow.