Cannabis grow house discovered after emergency services attend fire

Gardaí in Carlow have arrested a man in his 70s following the seizure of cannabis plants with an estimated street value of €200,000 at a grow house in the Rathvilly area of County Carlow.

At approximately 9.30am today emergency services attended a fire at a house in Rathvilly. After the fire was extinguished Gardaí discovered a grow house with 250 cannabis plants (subject to analysis).