352 kg of cannabis seized in container at Dublin Port
Revenue customs officers and the Garda drugs bureau seized 352 kg of herbal cannabis from a container that arrived from Spain at Dublin Port on 23 October 2020. Three men were arrested and the haul was valued at more than seven million euro.
Revenue customs officers and members of the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau seized352 kg of herbal cannabis at Dublin Port on 23 October 2020.[1][2]The drugs arrived in a container from Spain and were found during routine profiling with the help of Revenue’s mobile X-ray scanner and detector dog Kelly.[1][2]The authorities put the estimated street value at more than seven million euro.[1][2]
International police also assisted the joint operation against organised crime groups.[2]Three men aged 31, 47 and 49 were arrested and detained under section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act 1996 at Garda stations in Dublin.[1][2]Searches were still under way on the afternoon of the seizure and investigations were ongoing.[1]
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