Customs seizures at Irish airports

Seizures at Irish airports last year

Seizures at Irish airports last year

  • Over 18 million cigarettes and 370kg of tobacco with a combined value of €5.6m were seized at Dublin airport.
  • 52kg of cocaine worth 3.5m were seized at Dublin airport.
  • At Shannon over 65kg of drugs were discovered concealed in luggage, including 217g of cannabis, 200 ecstasy tablets, 1g of cocaine and 1g of heroin.
  • Almost 15 kilos of magic mushrooms were recovered by customs officers at Shannon.
  • In Cork customs seized 1.67kg cannabis resin, 222.5g of herbal cannabis, 8.15kg of cocaine, 3g of heroin and 33.5kg of magic mushrooms.
  • 1.3m Cigarettes and 21.5kg of tobacco were seized in Cork.