A man has been arrested after herbal cannabis valued at more than €2 million was seized in Cork port.
Some 93 packets containing 107kg of the drug were found Sunday at the port on Sunday in a joint Garda and Revenue operation.
The drugs, valued at €2.1m, were discovered with the assistance of detector dog Rua in a truck originating from Croatia, which had disembarked a vessel arriving from Zeebrugge in Belgium.
A man in his 50s was arrested and is being held at a Garda station in in the Southern Region under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act 1996. Investigations are ongoing.
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The seizure was made as a result of a joint operation conducted by the Cork Divisional Drugs Unit and Revenue’s Customs Service.
If businesses or members of the public have any information regarding smuggling, they can contact Revenue in confidence on 1800 295 295.
