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26/07/2016
€1.2m Worth Of Cocaine Seized At Rosslare Europort
Cocaine worth an estimated €1.2 million has been seized by Revenue officers in Rosslare Europort.
Officers stopped and searched an Irish registered truck after it was scanned as it disembarked a ferry.
With the assistance of a detector dog, more than 17kgs of cocaine were discovered concealed in a side panel of the truck.
Gardaí were called and the driver of the truck, an Irishman aged in his 50s, was arrested.
Garda said that their investigation was "ongoing".
(MH/LM)
Officers stopped and searched an Irish registered truck after it was scanned as it disembarked a ferry.
With the assistance of a detector dog, more than 17kgs of cocaine were discovered concealed in a side panel of the truck.
Gardaí were called and the driver of the truck, an Irishman aged in his 50s, was arrested.
Garda said that their investigation was "ongoing".
(MH/LM)
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