Cannabis detected

Gardaí discovered 54 cannabis plants in a house near Ballyconnell on Monday of this week. A Czech national appeared before a sitting of Virginia District Court yesterday (Tuesday) charged with cultivating the cannabis plants with a street value of €22,400. Ladislav Ruc of Old Rectory, Mullaghduff, Cavan, was remanded in custody to appear again in court next Tuesday. He was charged with cultivating the drug at Old Rectory, Mullaghduff, on January 2, 2012. He was also charged with possessing the drug on the same occasion. Judge Sean MacBride remanded the defendant in custody to Castlerea on his own bond of €500 to appear at Ballyconnell District Court next Tuesday.