Drugs worth €1m seized in Dublin

Customs officers have seized cannabis and cocaine worth an estimated ¤1 million from a container at Dublin Port.

Customs officers have seized cannabis and cocaine worth an estimated ¤1 million from a container at Dublin Port.

The drugs were detected by a Customs sniffer dog in a refrigerated 12m container, which had arrived in Dublin Port from Germany via Holyhead this morning.

A total of 75kg of cannabis resin, 25kg of herbal cannabis and 2.3kg of cocaine were seized during a search of the container.

A man in his 50s, was arrested and is being questioned in Store Street Garda station. He is a British national.

A Garda spokesman said enquiries were ongoing both nationally and internationally.

Eoin Burke-Kennedy

Eoin Burke-Kennedy

Eoin Burke-Kennedy is Economics Correspondent of The Irish Times