Cannabis plants worth £500K found in Portadown

Soft Secrets
15 Oct 2014

Police have recovered cannabis plants estimated to be worth about £500,000 in County Armagh.


Police have recovered cannabis plants estimated to be worth about £500,000 in County Armagh.

The discovery was made during a search at a house in Church Street, Portadown, on Wednesday.

 

Det Ch Insp Stephen Wright said officers had "uncovered a very sophisticated cannabis factory".

 

Two men have been arrested on suspicion of a range of drugs offences. Plants and cultivation equipment were removed from the house for further testing.

 

Meanwhile in Limavady, County Londonderry, police uncovered cannabis during a search at Roe Valley Country Park on Wednesday.

 

Sgt Ian McCluskey said: "The search, in an area known as O'Cahan's Rock, uncovered a large amount of herbal cannabis, thought to be worth somewhere in the region of £40,000."

 

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-29636711 15/10/2014

S
Soft Secrets