Gardaí arrest man after seizing almost €1m of cannabis in Kildare

A 43-year-old man is being questioned in Co. Kildare following an operation on a growhouse in Athy during which €900,000 worth of drugs were seized.

Local Gardaí, and members of the Kildare Drug and Crime Unit, searched a premises in Ardschull at around 11pm last night and seized cannabis plant and herb.

A man was arrested in the early hours of this morning.

He is being detained at Kildare Town Garda Station and may be held for up to 24 hours.