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Four men charged in relation to the weekend raid of Galway city grow houses which resulted in the seizure of cannabis plants with an estimated value of €730,000 have been further remanded in custody with consent to appear at Harristown District Court tomorrow.

A 49-year-old Oughterard man, who because of severe financial difficulties agreed in desperation to act as a drugs mule - attempting to transport nearly €6,000 worth of cannabis resin to Dublin - told gardai when charged, “It was the worst mistake of my life”.

A man has been charged with operating a hydroponic cannabis growing factory and cultivating an estimated €50,000 worth of the drug.

A teenager who was found driving a stolen car while under the influence of an intoxicant on two separate occasions, and charged with stealing a camera, being highly intoxicated and aggressive in a public place, and for abusing schoolchildren in Eyre Square, has been sentenced to 12 months in jail.

A French chef who had been slicing up blocks of cannabis resin for his friends was given a six month suspended sentence when he appeared at Galway District Court last week.