Scooby sniffs €400k cocaine at airport

A Revenue drug detection dog, Scooby, sniffed out a substantial seizure of cocaine at Dublin Airport over the weekend.

Scooby sniffs €400k cocaine at airport
Tue, 29 Sep, 2015 - 01:00
Cormac O’Keeffe

The canine identified baggage, being carried by an Italian national, who had arrived on a flight at Dublin Airport from Dubai on Sunday afternoon.

When Customs staff conducted a search they found 5.7kg of cocaine in the bag with an estimated street value of around €400,000.

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