Five arrests as cannabis worth £0.5m seized during ‘day of action’ searches in Templepatrick, Coleraine, Tandragee, Lurgan and Newry

Five arrests as cannabis worth £0.5m seized during ‘day of action’ searches in Templepatrick, Coleraine, Tandragee, Lurgan and Newry

Five people have been arrested after police recovered drugs worth an estimated £0.5million in a series of searches across Northern Ireland on Wednesday (August 13).

PSNI dismantle £500k cannabis farms in major organised crime operation

Detectives from the PSNI’s Organised Crime Branch have dismantled four large cannabis cultivations worth £500,000 in a coordinated operation across Northern Ireland, arresting five men.

Cannabis cultivations ‘expertly set up’ in Tandragee and Lurgan

Five people have been arrested following searches at five addresses across Northern Ireland – including in Lurgan and Tandragee. Detectives from the PSNI’s Organised Crime Branch today, Wednesday, August 18, carried out searches with the support of Tactical Support Group officers. The five males – aged 33, 34, 38, 41 and 43 – were arrested for a variety of offences including cultivation of cannabis. All remain in custody at this time. Detective …