Drugs seized in Leitrim, Roscommon

Gardaí have seized cannabis plants after searches in counties Leitrim and Roscommon today.

Gardaí have seized cannabis plants after searches in counties Leitrim and Roscommon today.

Seven premises - six in south Leitrim and one in Elphin, Co Roscommon - were targeted, and a number of cannabis plants were seized with an estimated street value of about €84,000.

Two men in their 50s were arrested and are being detained in Carrick on Shannon Garda station under the provisions of Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act 1996.