An intelligence-led operation in Ireland paid off late last week when a man and a woman were detained after police found five kilograms worth of weed in Athy.
Police arrested the man and woman, who were detained at a local station under Section 2 of The Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act 1996.
A person can be detained if police have “reasonable grounds for believing that his or her detention is necessary for the proper investigation of the offence.” Without a warrant, a person can be detained for 48 hours and, if a warrant is obtained, can be kept for “a further period not exceeding 72 hours.”
Garda Síochána, Ireland’s national police and security service, reports that cannabis is illegal to “cultivate, import, export, produce, supply and possess” in the country absent a Ministerial Licence.
“Policy to date has not permitted the cultivation
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