Customs seize 1,450 kilograms of cannabis resin at Rosslare Europort
Revenue customs officers at Rosslare Europort found 1,450 kilograms of cannabis resin hidden in a false floor of a Dutch-registered truck on 2 October 2008, valued at about €10 million; a 42-year-old Dutch driver was arrested and held at Wexford Garda Station.
Customs officers at Rosslare Europort seized1,450 kilograms of cannabis resin with an estimated
street value of €10 million on Thursday 2 October 2008.[1]The Irish Examiner reported the find
the next day as one of the largest recent cannabis seizures and the biggest at Rosslare.[2]
Concealment and search
Officers stopped a Dutch-registered refrigerated articulated truck that had arrived by car ferry
from the Netherlands via Britain carrying potted plants consigned to a business address in Cork.[2][1]Revenue’s sniffer dog Dillon indicated drugs, and staff found an elaborate false floor; they
cut through steel-plated compartments beneath wooden flooring to reach the resin.[2][1]
Arrest
A 42-year-old Dutch national driving the truck was arrested under section 2 of the Criminal Justice
(Drug Trafficking) Act 1996 and detained at Wexford Garda Station.[2][1]The Irish Times said
Revenue described the Cork consignee as a legitimate company whose name smugglers use as cover.[1]Customs and gardaí continued tracing the load’s origin and intended recipients.[2]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Revenue said the truck carried potted plants addressed to a legitimate Cork business used as cover; the opened reports do not name that business.
Officers needed angle-grinders to cut steel compartments under a wooden floor; the reports do not say whether the resin was herbal cannabis or pressed resin beyond the resin description.
The Irish Examiner noted this was customs dog Dillon’s fifth cannabis find at Rosslare in 2008; earlier haul totals in that article refer to other events.
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