150kg of cannabis herb seized from van in Waterford city centre
Gardaí and Revenue customs officers stopped a van in Waterford city centre on the morning of 20 April 2010 and seized 150kg of herbal cannabis worth up to €1.8 million. An Irish man in his fifties was arrested at the scene.
Gardaí and officers from Revenue’s Customs Service seized150kg of cannabis herb in Waterford City on the morning of 20 April 2010.[1]The herbal cannabis was seized when a van was stopped in the city centre, and subject to analysis the drugs were said to carry a street value of up to €1.8 million.[1]
A man in his fifties, an Irish national, was arrested at the scene and detained at Waterford Garda station under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice Drug Trafficking Act 1996, under which he could be held for up to seven days.[1]
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