'Nice man', 73, caught growing cannabis for second time at remote West Cork home

Cannabis-grower was very easy to deal with and caused gardaí no trouble, court heard

Gardaí found 40 immature cannabis plants in pots at defendant's home. Picture: Getty

A 73-year-old “nice man” living in an extremely remote area of West Cork faced sentencing after being caught for the second time cultivating cannabis at his home.

Detective Garda Andrew Manning said the elderly cannabis-grower was very easy to deal with and caused gardaí no trouble whatsoever.