£420,000 of heroin seized

Customs officers yesterday seized drugs with an estimated street value of £420,000 from a man at Dublin Airport. Two kilos of heroin and 11/2 kilos of cocaine were discovered in the possession of a Scottish man on a flight from Amsterdam. Customs say the seizure was a result of routine profiling. The man was arrested and last night was being held at Santry Garda station under section two of the Drug Trafficking Act.