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€6.8m of drugs in three seizures

    Seven people have been arrested after three separate drugs hauls, with a combined total of over...
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8:46 AM - 27 Jun 2014



€6.8m of drugs in three seizur...

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€6.8m of drugs in three seizures

TodayFM
TodayFM

8:46 AM - 27 Jun 2014



 

 

Seven people have been arrested after three separate drugs hauls, with a combined total of over 6.8 million euro.

Over 4 million euro worth of heroin has been seized in Co Louth while cocaine with an estimated value of 2 million was found in south Dublin.

And half a million euro worth of drugs were seized in Rosslare Europort.

Kerry Graye has the details;

  

Most recent seizure was in Rosslare;  

Two men have been arrested after Revenue seized heroin, cocaine, ecstacy and LSD at Rosslare Europort.

As a result of routine profiling, officers from Revenue’s Customs Service seized 2.7 kilos of heroin, over a kilo of ecstacy; almost one kilo of cannabis resin and a quantity of LSD tablets.

The haul is worth over 500 thousand euro.

The drugs were found concealed in the fuel tank of a UK registered vehicle that had disembarked a ferry that arrived from Cherbourg.

The customs team was alerted after Sniffer dog Ralph, a member of Revenue’s Canine Team gave an indication.

 

 



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