Cannabis worth €2.5m seized in Dublin

Gardaí have seized cannabis worth an estimated €2.5 million in Dublin.

Gardaí have seized cannabis worth an estimated €2.5 million in Dublin.

The joint Garda/Customs operation made the seizure after a van was stopped in the Dublin Docks area last night.

Around 200 kilogrammes of cannabis resin was recovered and a man in his fifties was arrested. The British national is being held at Santry Garda Station under the Drug Trafficking Act.

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