Galway Bay fm newsroom - A man has been arrested after cannabis plants worth 26 thousand euro were seized in Athenry.
Gardaí from the Divisional Drugs Unit in Galway conducted a search of a house in Athenry under warrant at 8.30pm on Wednesday May 6.
During the search they located a grow house in two bedrooms containing €26,000 worth of cannabis plants in various stages of growth.
Fans and lamps which were installed to enable growth were also seized.
A man in his late 30s was arrested on Wednesday arising from the detection and was detained at the North Western Regional Headquarters in Murrough, Co Galway under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1984.
The man was released without charge on Thursday May 7th and a file is being prepared for the Director of Public Prosecutions.
