Revenue officers at Shannon Airport seized 1.1kg of herbal cannabis with an estimated street value of €22,000 yesterday.
Officers stopped and searched a passenger who had arrived on a flight from Tenerife and discovered drugs in the baggage of a passenger, a 31-year-old Lithuanian.
He was arrested and is being detained at Ennis Garda Station.
Separately yesterday, Revenue officers seized 2,500 cigarettes during a house search in Cahir, Co Tipperary.
The cigarettes have a retail value of almost €1,500, representing a potential loss to the Exchequer of around €1,300.
