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The 202.5kg of seized cocaine. Revenue
Rosslare Europort
Revenue officers discover 200kgs of cocaine on lorry arriving from France
The drugs, which have an estimated value of €14.2m, were found on an accompanied freight lorry.
REVENUE OFFICERS SEIZED over 200kgs of cocaine at Rosslare Europort in Co Wexford last night.
The drugs were discovered as a result of routine profiling. The drugs, which have an estimated value of €14.2m, were found on an accompanied freight lorry.
The lorry was searched by customs officers as it disembarked a ferry from Dunkirk in France.
A man in his 30s was arrested by gardaí once the drugs were discovered.
He is currently detained at a garda station in the south east region.
Investigations remain ongoing, gardaí said.
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