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Drugs seizure at Rosslare Europort yesterday Revenue
Drugs Seizure
Man arrested after cocaine and cannabis worth close to €6.5 million seized at Rosslare Europort
The seizure was made yesterday and a man is currently detained at a garda station in Co Wexford.
A MAN HAS been arrested after drugs worth close to €6.5 million were seized at Rosslare Europort in Co Wexford yesterday.
The drugs were discovered when an accompanied freight unit which had earlier disembarked from a ferry from Dunkirk, France, was stopped and searched.
The seizure was a result of risk profiling and made with the assistance of Revenue’s mobile x-ray scanner and detector dog Jasper.
Revenue officers seized around 290 kilograms of herbal cannabis, 73 kilograms of cannabis resin and more than 3 kilograms of cocaine.
Revenue said the drugs have an estimated value of €6,443,640.
A man in his 40s was arrested by gardaí and is currently detained at a Garda Station in County Wexford.
A Revenue spokesperson said investigations are ongoing.
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