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Case No. 14469Drug trafficking · Co. Galway · 20 Feb 2025

Man arrested after cannabis, plants and cash seized in Ballyglunin raid

On Thursday 20 February 2025, Gardaí searched a house in Ballyglunin, County Galway, and seized cannabis herb and 10 plants, some of them in a bunker under a shed. Cash totalling €11,000 was also seized during the raid. A man in his 50s, whose name and nationality were not given, was arrested and detained at a station in the Garda North Western Region under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act, 1984. He was released without charge pending the preparation of a file for the Director of Public Prosecutions, which is the latest development reported.

  1. Reportednot reported
  2. Arrested21 Feb
  3. Charged
  4. In court
  5. Verdict
  6. Sentenced
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Key facts

consolidated from all reports
What happened
  • Gardaí seized cannabis herb with an estimated street value of €32,500.
  • The search uncovered 10 plants at varying stages of maturity, valued at an estimated €8,000; one article lead gives the total cannabis value as €40,000.
Where
  • Gardaí searched a house in Ballyglunin, County Galway, on Thursday afternoon.
  • Some of the plants were found in a bunker under a shed, which one headline describes as a hidden bunker.
When
The seizure took place on Thursday, 20 February 2025.
Other details
Cash totalling €11,000 was seized during the raid.
Investigation
  • The Divisional Drugs Unit in Tuam carried out the raid as part of an ongoing operation targeting the sale and supply of drugs in the region.
  • A man in his 50s was arrested and detained at a station in the Garda North Western Region under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act, 1984.
Charges
The man was released without charge pending the preparation of a file for the Director of Public Prosecutions.
10 statements extracted from the articles
  • whatGardaí seized cannabis herb with an estimated street value of €32,500. (galwaydaily.com)
  • whatThe search uncovered 10 plants at varying stages of maturity. (galwaydaily.com)
  • whatThe plants have an estimated street value of €8,000. (galwaydaily.com)
  • whereGardaí searched a house in Ballyglunin on Thursday afternoon. (galwaydaily.com)
  • whereSome of the plants were discovered in a bunker under a shed. (galwaydaily.com)
  • whenThe seizure took place on Thursday, 20 February 2025. (galwaydaily.com)
  • investigationThe raid was part of an ongoing operation targeting the sale and supply of drugs in the region. (galwaydaily.com)
  • investigationA man in his 50s was arrested and detained at a station in the Garda North Western Region under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act, 1984. (galwaydaily.com)
  • otherCash totalling €11,000 was seized during the raid. (galwaydaily.com)
  • otherThe man was released without charge pending the preparation of a file for the Director of Public Prosecutions. (galwaydaily.com)

The reporting

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  1. 21 Feb2025
    Arrestedgalwaydaily.com, first report
    Gardaí raid hidden drugs bunker in Tuam - Galway Daily

    Reports the Ballyglunin house search, the seizure of cannabis, 10 plants and €11,000 cash, the hidden bunker, and the release of the arrested man without charge.

    suspect, 50s, male