Three men being held in relation to a drug seizure in west Dublin appeared before Blanchardstown District Court this morning.
Patrick Connolly (35), 83 Thornfield Square, Clondalkin, Dublin 22; Anthony Kelly (42) Newlands Manor Park, Clondalkin; and Paul Smith (31) Hollywell Wood, Gorse Hill, Swords, Co Dublin, were charged with unlawful possession at Waterside Public House, 9th Lock Road, Clondalkin, on July 26th, of cannabis herb and possession of said drug for sale and supply.
Judge David McHugh remanded all three men in Cloverhill Prison until August 3rd.
Elsewhere, gardaí have released two people arrested yesterday after cocaine and and cannabis with a potential street value of about €105,000 were seized in Carlow town. A file is being prepared for the DPP.
A man in his 20s and a woman in her late teens were arrested and were detained under Section 2 of the Drug Trafficking Act at Carlow Garda station.
In a separate case, four people are still being held after gardaí yesterday seized almost 1,000 cannabis plants following searches of houses in counties Dublin and Meath.
Gardaí in south Dublin are questioning a man and a woman after they uncovered what they said was a cannabis factory in a house in Stillorgan. They are being detained at Blackrock Garda station under section 2 of the Drug Trafficking Act.
In a related operation, a house was searched on the Headfort Road, Kells, Co Meath, early yesterday morning where another apparent cannabis factory was found in a house that gardaí said had an electricity supply bypass and air extraction system.
Some 400 cannabis plants, three kilos of cannabis herb and cultivational equipment was seized, with the total street value of the seizure estimated at about €200,000. Two men, aged 16 and 21, were arrested and are being held at Kells Garda Station under section 2 of The Drug Trafficking Act.
Those arrested under the Act can be held for up to seven days.