Cannabis seized at airport

Cannabis with an estimated £70,000 street value was seized at Shannon airport yesterday.

Cannabis with an estimated £70,000 street value was seized at Shannon airport yesterday.

Customs drugs officers found 22.7 kilos of the substance concealed in the luggage of a South African national travelling from Johannesburg via London. He is being detained at Ennis garda station.

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