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The drugs were concealed inside farm machinery. An Garda Síochana
Drug seizure
€730,000 worth of cannabis found at Dublin Port concealed in truck carrying farm machinery
Gardaí said the Revenue’s new mobile x-ray scanner was crucial to the detection of the drugs.
A JOINT EFFORT from An Garda Síochana and the Revenue Commissioners Custom Service led to the seizure of nearly three-quarters of a million euro worth of cannabis at Dublin Port last Friday 30 June.
The cannabis, worth an estimated €730,000, was discovered hidden inside farm machinery that was being transported by truck.
Revenue’s new mobile x-ray scanner was used in the search of the vehicle. Gardaí said that the scanning system was “crucial to the detection” of the drugs.
A series of follow-up searches were conducted, leading to an arrest in the Moneygall area of Tipperary today.
The man in his 50s is currently being detained at Nenagh Garda Station under the provisions of section 2 of the criminal justice act 1996.
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