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Cannabis seized in Hempstown

Wednesday, 4 November 2009 15:53

Cannabis with a potential street value of €1 million was seized by gardaí and Revenue Customs Service officers in Hempstown, Co Wicklow, yesterday afternoon.

The drugs were discovered in a yard in the town.

The 100kg of herbal cannabis and cannabis resin had been transported from Holland to Dublin Port earlier, hidden in clothes and electrical lights.

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Officers from the Garda National Drugs Unit believe they were brought in by a south Dublin criminal gang.
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