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Man charged over airport drugs seizure

Dublin Airport - 3kg of ecstasy tablets seized
Dublin Airport - 3kg of ecstasy tablets seized

An 18-year-old man has been arrested after customs officers seized 3kg of ecstasy tablets at Dublin Airport.

The man had arrived on a flight from Charleroi in Belgium when the drugs, with a street value of €150,000, were recovered.

The tablets, which were stamped with a heart-shaped design, were hidden in the man's baggage.

He was handed over to gardaí at the airport.