A man has appeared in court after liquid cocaine worth almost 115,000 euro was seized at Dublin airport.

Officers from Revenue's customs service seized the 1.6 kilo's of the drug as a result of routine profiling.

Officers suspected a 64 year old Bolivian man who had arrived on a flight from Rio on Wednesday had ingested cocaine. He was handed over to Gardai and later produced 39 packages filled with liquid cocaine.

He was charged in connection with the find yesterday and will appear again in court next Thursday.