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Cocaine worth over €10m seized at Dublin Port

The drugs were found in a freight container at Dublin Port
The drugs were found in a freight container at Dublin Port

Cocaine worth an estimated €10.5 million has been seized by gardaí and Revenue officers at Dublin Port.

An investigation is under way after the drugs, which weighed 150kg, were found in a freight container which arrived at Dublin Port recently.

The discovery was made as part of a joint operation by gardaí and Revenue.

The seizure was part of Revenue's ongoing joint investigations involving organised crime groups and the importation, sale and supply of illegal drugs.

On Saturday, 783kg of herbal cannabis and 70kg of cannabis resin, with an estimated value of just over €16m, was seized at Rosslare Europort.

In a separate drugs detection last Thursday at the Co Wexford port, Revenue officers seized 104kg of cocaine, with an estimated value of €7.2m.

The investigations into the seizures are ongoing.