€2.1m worth of cocaine seized in the space of three days
Cocaine with an estimated value of €1.4m seized following an operation at Dublin Port.
Gardaí have seized more than €2.1m worth of cocaine in the space of three days.
Officers involved in operations targeting people suspected of involvement in transnational organised crime seized drugs with an estimated value of €1.4m on Saturday.
The joint intelligence-led operation was conducted with personnel from the Revenue Customs Service, the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau and the Wicklow/Wexford Garda Divisions.
A vehicle was stopped in Dublin Port and a refrigerated unit was searched.
Laddie the Customs Dog located 20kgs of Cocaine concealed within the unit.
A 22-year-old man was arrested in relation to drug trafficking offences and held under Section 2 of The Criminal Justice (Drugs Trafficking) Act 1996 at Blanchardstown Garda Station.
Investigations are ongoing.
It comes just days after an estimated €740,000 of drugs was seized by Revenue Customs at Dublin Airport in a separate incident.
Gardaí arrested two people after approximately 8.5kg of suspected cocaine and two litres of liquid cocaine was found on Thursday.
The drugs were found after a man and a woman were stopped by Revenue Customs and a search of their luggage was conducted.
The pair were arrested and taken to Ballymun Garda Station, where they were detained under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act.



