A DOG breeder was found with more than €1,200 worth of herbal cannabis after gardai searched his home and found the drug hidden in a bag of pet food, a court heard.

A glitch in the current road traffic laws allows motorists to drive while under the influence of a controlled drug such as cocaine and cannabis.

A man who smuggled €10 million worth of cannabis into Ireland in a lorry containing flowers was sentenced to nine years in prison yesterday.

Cannabis worth over a million euro was seized from an organised crime gang after drugs and customs officers swooped on a Co Wicklow business, it has emerged.

Two men have been found guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court of conspiracy to possess drugs three years ago.