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Revenue customs officers have seized cannabis with an estimated street value worth €7 million at Dublin Port as part of an investigation into criminal gangs.
The illegal drugs arrived in a container from Spain and amounted to 352kg of cannabis.
The seizure was made with the assistance of Revenue’s mobile X-ray scanner and detector dog Kelly.
It was a result of a joint operation conducted by Revenue's customs service and members of An Garda Síochána through the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau.
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International police were also involved in the operation.
Three men aged 31, 47 and 49 were arrested by gardaí following the seizure and they are currently being detained under section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act, 1996, at Garda stations in Dublin.
This latest operation was part of ongoing joint investigations targeting the illegal activities of organised crime groups.
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