Bail conditions have been relaxed in the case of two brothers from Ballybofey charged in connection with a €2.2 million drugs seizure.
Patrick McGinty and Michael McGinty are now permitted to go across the border into Northern Ireland.
However, the brothers, each with an address at Carrickmagrath, Ballybofey, are not allowed to leave the island of Ireland under strict conditions imposed by the court.
An application was made at Falcarragh District Court in relation to the bail conditions.
Mr Rory O’Brien moved the application on behalf of 31-year-old Michael McGinty while a parallel application was on behalf of Patrick McGinty, a 39-year-old, by Mr Patsy Gallagher.
Sergeant Jim Collins told Judge Ciaran Liddy that there was consent to the duo being allowed into Northern Ireland.
Judge Liddy directed that they stay within the island of Ireland.
Each of the men were previously charged with being in possession of a controlled drug, namely cannabis, for the purpose of selling or otherwise supplying it to another, contrary to section 15 of the Misuse of Drugs Act, 1977 and section 27 (3) of the Misuse of Drugs Act, 1977 as substituted by section 6 of the Misuse of Drugs Act, 1984.
The two men are also charged with being in possession of cannabis.
The siblings were arrested following a swoop on a premises in the Ballybofey area in April by officers from the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau (GNDOCB), the Donegal Divisional Drugs Unit and Revenue’s Custom Service.
Revenue officers seized approximately 112kgs of herbal cannabis, with an estimated value of €2.2 million, in the operation.
Having been held for questioning at Letterkenny Garda Station, the men were charged by detectives.
Neither made any reply when cautioned by gardai.
They have each had to surrender their passports and were previously ordered to sign on at a Garda Station three times a week.