A MAN HAS been arrested after Revenue officers seized herbal cannabis worth €1.1 million at Dublin Port.
The drugs were discovered yesterday as a result of risk profiling and with the assistance of detector dog James, when officers stopped a van that had arrived on a ferry from the UK.
Upon searching the van, officers found 55.3kgs of herbal cannabis with an estimated value of €1,106,000. The drugs were concealed in vacuum-packed packages in a consignment of bottled water and garden furniture.
Gardaí from the Dublin Metropolitan Region North Central Divisional Drugs Unit arrested the man, who is aged in his 50s, at the scene.
He is currently detained under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act, 1996, at a garda station in the Dublin region. He can be held for up to seven days.
A spokesperson for Revenue said that investigations into the matter are ongoing.
The drugs seizure is part of Revenue’s ongoing joint investigations targeting organised crime groups and the importation, sale and supply of illegal drugs.
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