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Cocaine worth €105K seized at Dublin Airport

Customs officers at Dublin Airport have seized one and a half kg of cocaine with a street value of €105,000.

A 30-year-old Belgian woman, who lives in Ireland has been arrested and is being detained at Santry Garda Station. 

The woman, who had arrived on a flight from Brussels, had her luggage x-rayed which revealed the cocaine in pellets hidden in four shampoo bottles.  

The find resulted from risk profiling by customs officers.