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Roisin Cullen

Cannabis jellies worth €10,000 seized in South Dublin

Cannabis jellies worth around €10,000 were seized as part of a search operation in South Dublin on Monday.

The Divisional Drugs Units from DMR North South found the cannabis laced sweets and €6,000 in cash during the search.

No arrests have been made so far after the seizure in Ballycullen, Dublin 24.

Meanwhile, two men were arrested after after gardai seized a number of cannabis-laced jelly sweets in The Liberties.

The arrests came following the search of a flat on Wednesday and the men were detained at Kevin Street Station.

Gardai have warned parents about the dangers these products pose to children as Halloween approaches.

These sweets contain a psychoactive cannabis component known as tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and are packaged to resemble popular brands of jellies.

This year to date, it has been reported that six children under the age of ten have been hospitalised having accidentally consumed THC-containing products which looked like normal jelly sweets.

High concentrations (up to 50mg/jelly) of THC in these illicit edible sweets can pose serious health risks, particularly to teenagers and children of all ages whose neurological, physical and physiological development could be impacted negatively.

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