Revenue Revenue

CANNABIS WITH AN estimated street value of €90,000 was found concealed in blankets in a package that had been sent from Canada.

Revenue officers seized 4.5 kg of herbal cannabis and gardaí arrested a 28-year-old Irish man, who’s being detained for questioning in Dundalk Garda Station.

These actions were taken as part of joint-investigations targeting drug imports in the Louth area.

Revenue Revenue

The agencies involved include Revenue’s Customs Service, the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau, and the Dundalk Garda Drugs Unit.

Investigations are continuing with a view to prosecution.

Revenue Revenue

If you have any information about drug smuggling, Revenue recommend contacting them in confidence on its Confidential Phone Number on 1800 295 295.

Pictures: Gardaí and Revenue have ‘dismantled’ Ireland’s first ever illegal cigarette factory in Co Louth

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