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15/07/2016
Cannabis Seized At Portlaoise Mail Centre
A quantity of herbal cannabis has been seized by Revenue Officers at Portlaoise Mail Centre.
Approximately 18kg of the drug, worth an estimated €360,000, was discovered when a Revenue detector dog indicated on three parcels which had been sent from South Africa and Nigeria to addresses in Dublin City.
An investigation into the find is ongoing and no arrests have been made.
(MH/LM)
Approximately 18kg of the drug, worth an estimated €360,000, was discovered when a Revenue detector dog indicated on three parcels which had been sent from South Africa and Nigeria to addresses in Dublin City.
An investigation into the find is ongoing and no arrests have been made.
(MH/LM)
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