2016-11-08 · Dublin
Gardai "very optimistic farmers" when valuing cannabis, judge remarks
During a sentencing hearing, Judge Martin Nolan described Gardaí as "very optimistic farmers" when estimating the market value of cannabis. The case involved Polish man Marcin Jedlinski, 41, who was caught growing 36 cannabis plants at his rented Dublin home after Gardaí had previously stopped his car and found 5.4 kg of cannabis herb in the…