Fermoy in County Cork, where a New Zealander has been arrested on drug charges. Photo / www.cork-guide.ie
A Serbian man with New Zealand citizenship has been arrested after a police raid found more than 300 cannabis plants in a house in Ireland, the Irish Times reports.
The newspaper said detectives found the plants with a potential value of €250,000 ($378,500) in an old Victorian house
in Fermoy, a small town in southern Ireland.
"One room was filled with 300 cannabis plants and a second was ready for use, complete with lighting, heating and hydroponic system," it said.
"Gardaí [police] arrested three foreign nationals: a Serbian-born man, 55, with New Zealand citizenship, a Malaysian man, 38, and a Hong Kong-born man, 51, with British citizenship.
"The British passport holder is being held in Cobh Garda station, the Malaysian national is being held at Mallow Garda station and the New Zealand passport holder is being held at Fermoy Garda station.
