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Revenue
Drugs Seizure
Cocaine worth €500k disguised as lollipops seized from passenger at Dublin Airport
A man aged in his 60s was arrested by gardaí and has since been charged.
COCAINE VALUED AT around €500,000 was seized at Dublin Airport today, after it was disguised as lollipops.
The drugs were discovered when Revenue officers stopped and searched the baggage of a passenger who had come off a flight from Brazil.
The cocaine was concealed within bags of lollipops.
A man aged in his 60s was arrested by gardaí and has since been charged.
In follow-up searches, gardaí seized €16,000 in cash and a further quantity of various controlled drugs valued at €14,500.
Investigations are ongoing.
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