Man (20) held after €400,000 cocaine seizure

A man is being questioned by gardaí after a seizure of cocaine at Dublin Airport last night.

A man is being questioned by gardaí after a seizure of cocaine at Dublin Airport last night.

Customs officers seized 5.5 kilos of the drug with an estimated street value of almost €400,000 after the man arrived on a flight from Nigeria via Paris.

A British national (20) was arrested and is being held at Santry Garda Station.

The drugs were hidden in a false-bottomed suitcase.

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