Gardaí raid hidden drugs bunker in Tuam

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A hidden bunker was uncovered by Gardaí during a drugs raid on a property in Galway County this week.

Cannabis worth €40,000 and and addition €11,000 were seized by Gardaí from the Divisional Drugs Unit in Tuam on Thursday, February 20.

Gardaí searched a house in Ballyglunin on Thursday afternoon and seized cannabis herb with an estimated street value of €32,500.

The search also uncovered 10 plants at varying stages of maturity, including some discovered in a bunker under a shed.

The plants have an estimated street value of €8,000. Cash totalling €11,000 was also seized during the raid.

The raid was part of an ongoing operation targeting the sale and supply of drugs in the region.

A man in his 50s was arrested and detained at a station in the Garda North Western Region under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act, 1984.

He was subsequently released without charge pending the preparation of a file for the Director of Public Prosecutions.