Crime & Law

Heroin worth €1.5 million seized in Rosslare

Customs discover drugs hidden in SUV that had disembarked a ferry from France

File photograph of a member of the Garda National Drug Unit with seized heroin. Photograph: Eric Luke/The Irish Times
File photograph of a member of the Garda National Drug Unit with seized heroin. Photograph: Eric Luke/The Irish Times
Fri Aug 02 2013 - 15:40

Heroin with an estimated street value of €1.5 million has been seized at Rosslare Europort.

Officers from Revenue’s Customs Division found 10.26kg of the drug in a Mercedes SUV that had disembarked a ferry from France.

Following routine profiling, Revenue’s sniffer dog Ralph indicated there were drugs in the vehicle.

It was then scanned by Customs and he drugs were found concealed in the vehicle.

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