Gardaí have seized drugs with an estimated street value of €398,400 following a search of a house on Saturday afternoon in Annaghdown, Co Galway.
A man in his 30s was arrested and was due to appear before a special sitting of Galway District Court on Sunday morning.
He had been held at Galway Garda station under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act 1996.
Gardaí had obtained a Section 26 warrant under the Misuse of Drugs Act, 1977 to search the house. They seized cannabis plants and cannabis herb with an estimated combined street value of €398,400.
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All the drugs seized will be sent for further analysis, and investigations are ongoing.
This seizure forms part of Operation Tara, an national anti-drugs strategy that began in the summer of last year.
