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Picture the scene. It will be like something from that film The Way Back, in which a bedraggled group of strangers make the remarkable journey from the gulags of Siberia all the way to India. It will be something akin to the famine memorial at the docks in Dublin, the desperation evident on the skin of the starved and the desperate.

The secluded location outside of Dublin makes the Midlands a hotbed for the illegal growth of cannabis.

Gardaí assisted by the Garda National Drugs Unit swooped on a suspected cannabis factory in Freshford on Wednesday afternoon in a planned operation on a house at Sart.

Drivers in Westport on Monday morning were greeted by an unusual sight at the Newport Road and Castlebar Road traffic lights as a cannabis leaf appeared when the lights turned green.

An unemployed man was convicted and fined a total of €500 at Ballina District Court this week after he was found in possession of cannabis herb and cannabis resin.

A 25-year-old man was before Castlebar District Court this week for driving while under the influence of cannabis.

A 26-year-old man who was detected with 33 small cannabis plants growing in his house was before Ballina District Court on Tuesday.

A married father of two who had €7,200 worth of cannabis plants growing in his house, was given a suspended sentence at Castlebar District Court this week.

An Athlone man charged with operating a cannabis growing factory with plants estimated to have a potential street value of €3,000, has been remanded on continuing bail.

A 25-year-old man who was discovered with more than €1,000 worth of drugs in his residence, which he admitted to selling to friends and associates, was before Castlebar District Court on Wednesday.