Almost €30,000 worth of drugs have been seized in Letterkenny. Four people have been arrested following the seizures totalling €28,000 in the Letterkenny area in recent days. The Divisional Drugs Unit uncovered a major haul of cannabis with an estimated street value of €21,000. They also uncovered cocaine with an estimated street value of €7,000. […]
Canada’s cannabis smokers rolling up to sample Donegal
FOR decades Donegal has been getting the thumbs up from Canadian tourists but it is now proving a hit with the country’s pot smokers too. It is some weeks since the North American country moved to decriminalise cannabis and suppliers have been struggling to keep up with demand. A strain of the narcotic that smokers […]
‘Emerging crisis’ among young in Letterkenny – doctor
Letterkenny based GP Dr James McDaid said that an ‘awful’ lot of people across Donegal were using benzodiazepines.
Medicinal Cannabis plant to open in Donegal next year
A MEDICINAL cannabis research plant is reported to be on its way to Donegal early next year, along with the creation of over 50 jobs. Pharmaceutical start-up, Greenlight Medicines, said the firm is looking to roll out a new hub in the North West in 2018. The company already has a headquarters in Dublin but […]
Duo plead guilty in relation to massive Castlefinn drugs haul
TWO men have pleaded guilty to a number of charges in relation to the discovery last year of more than €200,000 worth of cannabis herb in Castlefinn.
Three women due in court in relation to Ballybofey cannabis factory
THREE Malaysian women are due to appear before Letterkenny District Court this morning charged in connection with Tuesday evening’s discovery of a cannabis factory at a Chinese restaurant in Ballybofey. A man aged in his 30s also, also believed to be Asian, remains in Garda custody and can be detained for up to seven days. […]
Gardaí hunt for man who fled drug grow house in Ballyshannon
GARDAI in South Donegal are searching for a man who fled a crime scene in Ballyshannon where 380 cannabis plants, with an estimated street value of €300,000, were found yesterday.