Man in custody after €250,000 drugs seizure at Dublin airport

A Lesotho national has been remanded in custody after he was charged over a seizure of €250,000 worth of the drug known as “crystal…

A Lesotho national has been remanded in custody after he was charged over a seizure of €250,000 worth of the drug known as “crystal meth” at Dublin airport.

Officers from the Customs Service, in a joint operation with the Garda National Immigration Bureau at the airport, seized about 2.5kg of the addictive drug crystal methamphetamine on Wednesday.

The drugs were discovered when officers stopped a man who had arrived from South Africa.

Pheilman Khamali (39) was charged yesterday with possessing the drugs with intent to supply to another and he was also accused of importing them into the State.

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