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Three men have been arrested after gardaí seized €220,000 worth of cannabis in Carlow on Friday.
Gardaí searched a house at Borlum Wood on the Green Road in Carlow Town at about 8pm as part of an anti-drugs operation.
They discovered 7kg of cannabis herb in an upstairs room and 100 cannabis plants in a second room.
Two men in their 50s and a man in his 30s were taken to Carlow Garda station and are being detained under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act, 1996.
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All three men are Lithuanian nationals, according to gardaí.
The scene was preserved overnight pending a full technical examination and gardaí said the operation is ongoing.
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