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Irish police seize 1.2 million euro cannabis

Xinhua, September 30, 2016 Adjust font size:

Cannabis with estimated value of 1.2 million euros (1.34 million U.S. dollars) has been seized during a four-day operation in south Ireland's County Tipperary, police said on Friday.

During the operation, 26 locations were searched and nine people were arrested and further searches took place Friday morning with additional arrests made, police said.

They added that in the largest seizure of the operation, 1.1 million euros worth of cannabis was found on Wednesday in a property in Hollyford, County Tipperary.

The property raided in Hollyford has been described by police as a "sophisticated grow house".

Police from several different units took part in a number of searches over the last four days.

As part of this operation, a total of 34 penal warrants and 14 bench warrants were executed with these offenders currently before the district court, according to a police spokesperson. (1 euro = 1.12 U.S. dollars) Endit