Gardaí find cannabis factories

Two men are in custody following the seizure of a large quantity of cannabis in Thomastown, Co Kilkenny, earlier today.

Searches of two houses conducted as part of an ongoing operation targeting the sale and supply of controlled drugs led to the discovery of what gardaí said were 'elaborate' cannabis cultivation factories.

The houses at Mooncoin, South Kilkenny, were searched at around midday today.

Gardaí have placed an estimated value of €300,000 on the plants which were at various stages of cultivation.

The men, who are in their thirties and forties, are being held at Thomastown Garda Station under section 2 of the Drug Trafficking Act.