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Rosslare Europort, where €2.4 million worth of cocaine was seized yesterday. Alamy Stock Photo
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Man arrested with €2.4 million of cocaine at Rosslare Europort
The drugs were discovered when Revenue officers stopped and searched a vehicle that had exited a ferry from Cherbourg, France.
GARDAÍ IN WEXFORD have arrested a man in his 30s following the seizure of cocaine worth an estimated €2.4 million at Rosslare Europort yesterday.
The arrest was made following an operation conducted by personnel attached the Revenue Customs Service.
The drugs were discovered when Revenue officers stopped and searched a vehicle that had exited a ferry from Cherbourg, France.
The man was the sole occupant of the vehicle.
He is currently detained under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice Drugs Trafficking Act, 1996 at a Garda Station in the Eastern region.
Investigations ongoing.
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