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03/10/2008
€10m Cannabis Seizure In Rosslare
Customs officers have made a multi-million euro drug seizure in Rosslare in Co Wexford.
An estimated €10 million of secreted cannabis resin was found by officers in a hidden section of a truck that came into Rosslare port.
Up to 1,450kg of the drug was recovered, which makes it the largest drug seizure so far this year.
A 42-year-old man has been arrested and is being held at Wexford Garda Station. The refrigerated lorry arrived yesterday on a car ferry from the Netherlands via the UK. The truck was ostensibly to deliver potted plants to a business address in Ireland.
Customs officers and sniffer dogs found the contraband following an extensive search. After a long search, an elaborate false floor was uncovered in the trailer.
Cutting equipment had to be used to get to the drugs as they were hidden underneath steel-plated compartments, which were covered with a wooden floor.
(DW)
An estimated €10 million of secreted cannabis resin was found by officers in a hidden section of a truck that came into Rosslare port.
Up to 1,450kg of the drug was recovered, which makes it the largest drug seizure so far this year.
A 42-year-old man has been arrested and is being held at Wexford Garda Station. The refrigerated lorry arrived yesterday on a car ferry from the Netherlands via the UK. The truck was ostensibly to deliver potted plants to a business address in Ireland.
Customs officers and sniffer dogs found the contraband following an extensive search. After a long search, an elaborate false floor was uncovered in the trailer.
Cutting equipment had to be used to get to the drugs as they were hidden underneath steel-plated compartments, which were covered with a wooden floor.
(DW)
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