Parcels containing €148,000 of herbal cannabis seized at Portlaoise Mail Centre

Herbal cannabis worth €148,000 has been seized at Portlaoise Mail Centre.

Revenue officers found the drugs concealed in two parcels which arrived from Spain and were declared as 'textiles'.

One 4kg-parcel was destined for an address in Dublin 12.

The other, containing 3.4kgs, was destined for Dublin 15.

Investigations are ongoing with a view to prosecution.

Digital Desk