Man arrested as €4.1 million worth of cannabis seized at Rosslare Europort

Approximately 200kg of herbal cannabis and 30kg of cannabis resin was seized.

A MAN HAS been arrested following the seizure of over €4.1 million worth of cannabis at Rosslare Europort.

As a result of risk profiling and with the assisttance of Revenue’s mobile x-ray scanner, approximately 200kg of herbal cannabis and 30kg of cannabis resin was seized at Rosslare yesterday.

The illicit drugs, with an approximate value of €4,190,440, were discovered after Revenue officers stopped and searched an unaccompanied freight unit that had disembarked a ferry from Cherbourg in France.

Approximately 200kg of herbal cannabis and 30kg of cannabis resin was seized.

A man, aged in his 30s, was arrested by gardaí. He is currently detained under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act 1996 at a garda station in Wexford.

Investigations are ongoing.

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Man arrested as €4.1 million worth of cannabis seized at Rosslare Europort

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