Garda dog unit helps undercover cannabis stash in horse feed barrel

Accused who was arrested trying to remove drugs had €80k debt

The Garda dog unit helped to uncover a stash of cannabis in a horse feed barrel and another stash of the drug in a nearby ditch in the Mitchelstown area.

Detective Garda Denise Fitzgerald said she came out of her concealed position in Ballindangan, Mitchelstown, Co Cork, when Eugene Rice of Fulacht Fiadh Place, Stag Park, Mitchelstown, arrived to pick up drugs at the remote locations.