Gardaí seized more than half a million worth of cannabis herb and plants during a raid on a grow house in Connacht on Monday afternoon.
At approximately 1pm on Monday, Gardaí searched a premises at Ballaghaderreen, County Roscommon under warrant.
During the course of this search, a suspected cannabis grow-house was discovered by Gardaí.
Suspected cannabis plants with an estimated value of €288,000 were seized along with approximately €240,000 of processed cannabis.
All of the drugs seized are valued at approximately €528,000, pending analysis from Forensic Science Ireland.
A woman in her 50s and a man in his 60s were arrested at the scene of the search.
They are both currently being detained at Castlerea Garda Station under the provisions of Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act 1996.
