A MAN HAS been arrested after herbal cannabis with an estimated value of €700,000 was seized at Dublin Airport.

The drugs were discovered by officers on Friday as a result of risk profiling and with the assistance of Revenue detector dog Maggie.

Officers stopped and searched the baggage of a passenger who had disembarked a flight from Montreal, Canada.

During the search, officers discovered around 35kg of herbal cannabis.

A man, aged in his 20s, was arrested and taken to a Dublin Garda Station, where he is currently detained under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act, 1996.

Investigations are ongoing.

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Man (20s) arrested after €700,000 worth of herbal cannabis seized at Dublin Airport

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