Irish Court Orders Lithuanian Growhouse Operator Deported After €725k Cannabis Bust; 15-Year Ban

A Lithuanian national, Evaldas Juknevicus, was sentenced in Roscommon for a large-scale cannabis growhouse and ordered to leave Ireland upon release with a 15-year re-entry ban. Gardaí seized 36.33kg of cannabis (valued by police at roughly €725k) after finding 170 plants at a rural property; Juknevicus pled guilty and received a seven-year term with 18 months suspended. The post-sentence deportation order aligns with Ireland’s increased focus on removing convicted foreign nationals.