Cork man under Garda surveillance found with €49k worth of cannabis and €30k in cash

While accused was on bail for the drugs case he was involved in breaking into a house after midnight on November 29, 2020, with another man, who carried a shovel, court heard

Gardaí with a search warrant seized packages of cannabis and €30,500 in cash in the defendant’s bedroom. Picture: Larry Cummins

Gardaí operating concealed surveillance in Castlemartyr observed a man unloading packages of cannabis from the engine area of a van — and they later seized €48,800 worth of the drug in his bedroom and a shoebox stuffed with over €30,000 in cash.

Detective Garda Tony Holmes said the home of the accused man, 34-year-old Thomas Kelly of Elm Grove, Gortanoir, Castlemartyr, Co Cork, was under surveillance at the time by gardaí.