Man arrested as cannabis grow house with 122 plants found in Ballymakeera
A man in his 40s was arrested after Gardaí found a cannabis grow house with 122 suspected mature plants at a home in the Ballymakeera area on Monday 8 June 2026.
The plants were valued at an estimated €97,600. About 1kg of loose suspected cannabis, worth about €20,000, and drug paraphernalia were also seized, bringing the total to €117,600.
The search was carried out under Operation Tara by the Cork North West Divisional Drugs Unit with the Cork South West unit. The man was held under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act 1996, and the drugs were sent to Forensic Science Ireland.