Record cannabis seizure at road haulage premises

TWO men have appeared before Dublin District Court in relation to one of the country’s biggest ever seizures of cannabis, worth over €13m.

Colm McDonald, the owner of a road haulage firm based in Lusk, Co Dublin, and Julian Gilloughly, one of his drivers, were charged with possession of the drug with intent to supply under Section 15 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1977.

The pair were arrested following a raid on the premises of McDonald’s haulage firm at Treen Hill, Lusk on Saturday afternoon by gardaí from the National Bureau of Criminal Investigation and the National Drugs Unit.