Gardaí uncover second 'highly sophisticated cannabis grow house' in less than 24 hours

Gardaí in Co Galway have found a cannabis grow house with plants worth around €450,000.

It is the second cannabis grow house uncovered by Gardaí in the past 24 hours after Gardaí in Carlow

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Officers in Co. Wicklow stopped and searched a car at the Sally Gap last night and seized around €2,000 worth of cannabis.

They arrested a man in his 40s who is being held at Wicklow Garda Station under the provisions of Section 4 – Criminal Justice Act 1984.

In follow-up searches at a premises at Farnaght, Corr Na Mona, Co Galway, Gardaí found cannabis plants in what they called "a highly sophisticated grow house".

They estimate the value of the plants at around €450,000, and they also found dry cannabis.

The house has been sealed off for a forensic examination.