£400,000 cannabis find near Foreglen

Cannabis plants worth an estimated £400,000 have been seized by police in Co Derry.
By The Newsroom
Published 24th Oct 2014, 17:00 BST

Neighbourhood officers from Limavady made the find last night in a house at Farkland, near Foreglen, just off the main Derry to Dungiven Road.

Chief Inspector Alan Hutton, the Area Commander, described the find as “significant.”

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“This was one of the largest finds in the North West for some time, and comes just a few weeks after police seized £1m worth of plants near Portadown.

“This was a sophisticated operation. The house had blacked out windows and a heat supply to the plants. Inside were about 900 plants at different stages of growth.

“This find shows that cannabis cultivation is a Northern Ireland wide activity. It can occur in both urban and rural areas.”

The plants were uncovered by Limavady neighbourhood officers on patrol of the rural area last night.

A man arrested at the scene remains in custody.