16/12/2013

Four Arrested After Cannabis Plants Discovered

Gardaí in Cork have arrested four men and recovered cannabis plants with an estimated street value of €100,000.

The plants were uncovered in a planned search of a house in Rusheen in Macroom, Co Cork.

It is understood that the four men are aged between their late teens and early 30s.

The investigation is ongoing.

(MH/IT)

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