€4.1m drugs seizure at Rosslare Europort

Drugs seized at Rosslare Europort yesterday. (Pic; Revenue).

By Dan Walsh

A man in his 30s was arrested and he is being held at a Garda Station in Wexford after drugs were found in a unit that had arrived from France yesterday (Tuesday).

200kgs of herbal cannabis and 30kgs of cannabis resin, worth over €4.1 million was recovered when Revenue officers stopped and searched an unaccompanied freight unit in Rosslare Europort. The unit had arrived on a ferry from Cherbourg.

A man, aged in his 30s, was arrested by Gardaí. He is currently detained under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act 1996 at a Garda Station in Wexford. 

Investigations are ongoing.

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