Kerry man found growing 258 cannabis plants told gardaí they were 'for personal use'

Garda search of remote house also found €2,700 in cash hidden in a sock in a bedroom and also small amounts of cannabis herb and cannabis resin, court heard

'Why would someone need to grow that many plants for personal use?' the judge asked.

Some 258 cannabis plants “at early stages of growth” were found in a shed in Derrycunnihy, a remote area between Muckross and Kenmare, Killarney District Court was told.

The cannabis plants were “for personal use”, Morgan McCarthy told members of the the Garda divisional drugs unit when they called to search the property at Insheens, Derrycunnihy, Killarney, under warrant on April 16, 2020.