Three arrested as customs seize €1.5 million worth of drugs from Thailand and Brazil at Dublin Airport
Over 75kgs worth of cocaine and cannabis was found in three separate searches on Wednesday, and three people have since appeared in court.
Three people were arrested and charged by An Garda Síochána, Cocaine and cannabis with a combined estimated street value of €1.57m has been seized at Dublin Airport.
Three separate operations on Wednesday led to the discovery of 1.3kg of cocaine worth over €90,000 and a total of 74kg of herbal cannabis worth about €1.4m.
The illicit cocaine, with an estimated value of €91,000, was discovered when Revenue officers stopped and searched a passenger who had disembarked a flight from Lisbon originating in Brazil.
A man in his 30s was arrested by An Garda Síochána, subsequently charged and appeared before the courts yesterday.
Separately and also on Wednesday in two standalone operations, Revenue officers at Dublin Airport seized cannabis with an estimated value of €1,481,600 when two passengers disembarked flights from Dubai and Abu Dhabi respectively, with both flights originating in Thailand.
In both cases, approximately 37kgs of herbal cannabis, with an estimated value of €740,800 each, was discovered in vacuum-packed packages within the baggage of the passenger.
Investigations into all of these seizures are ongoing.