Gardaí targeting the sale and supply of controlled drugs in the Meath area have seized a quantity of cannabis and have arrested two males and one female.
As part of a planned operation, Gardaí from Navan garda station searched a house in Wilkinstown at approximately 4pm yesterday evening, Monday the 20th January, 2014. During the search, a large quantity of cannabis plants with an estimated street value of €150,000 (pending analysis) was seized. Equipment believed to be used in the cultivation of cannabis plants was also seized.
Two males aged 59 years and 34 years, and a female aged 32 years were arrested at scene and were detained at Navan and Kells Garda Stations under the provisions of Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act, 1984. The two men were released from garda custody this afternoon and a file will be prepared for the Director of Public Prosecutions. The woman remains in custody in Navan Garda Station under Section 4, Criminal Justice Act, 1984.
Note: There is no photograph available of the seizure.
