GARDAÍ HAVE ARRESTED a male in his late teens after €330,000 worth of cannabis was seized at Dublin Airport yesterday.

Revenue officers discovered and seized approximately 16.5kg of herbal cannabis while searching the baggage of a passenger who had disembarked a flight, according to a garda statement.

Gardaí arrested a male aged in his late teens and detained him at a garda station in Dublin under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act 1996.

He has since been charged and appeared before the Criminal Courts of Justice in Dublin this morning.

Gardaí said investigations are ongoing.

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Male in late teens arrested after €330,000 worth of cannabis seized at Dublin Airport

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