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Cannabis worth €540,000 seized at Dublin Airport

The drugs were found concealed in the luggage of a passenger that had arrived from Johannesburg
The drugs were found concealed in the luggage of a passenger that had arrived from Johannesburg

Cannabis worth an estimated €540,000 has been seized at Dublin Airport.

27kg of the drug was discovered on Sunday in the luggage of a passenger who had arrived on a flight from Johannesburg, via Dubai.

A man in his 60s was arrested and he remains in garda custody.

The seizure was part of Revenue's ongoing targeting of organised crime groups.