Customs seize 500,000 drugs, €250,000 cash and 350,000 cigarettes

CUSTOMS officers at Dublin Airport have seized 500,000 worth of drugs, €250,000 in suspected criminal cash and 350,000 contraband cigarettes over the last 10 days.

In a series of separate operations, some involving international law enforcement agencies, six people were arrested and charged for suspected drug importation. They included a mother and daughter who had smuggled 1.5kg of cocaine between them internally.

In the most recent operation, on August 28, Customs officials seized 90,000 cigarettes, valued at almost €30,000. The cigarettes had arrived from Prague and were described as machine parts. Two Lithuanians were questioned and a file is being prepared for the Director of Public Prosecutions.