Drugs worth €139k and cash seized at Dublin Airport

At Dublin District Court, Revenue officers were granted a three-month cash detention order by Judge Paula Murphy. This followed the seizure the previous day of €15,000 at Dublin Airport.

Drugs with an estimated value of €139,000 were seized by Revenue officers in Dublin Airport this week along with €15,000 in cash following a search of a passenger boarding a flight to Spain.

Revenue officers examining parcels at a warehouse facility at Dublin Airport on Wednesday seized over 6.9kgs of herbal cannabis in two separate operations with a combined estimated value of €139,000.

The drugs were discovered concealed in air cargo consignments identified as ‘car seat covers’ and seized as a result of routine profiling.

The consignments had arrived into Ireland from the United States and were destined for delivery to addresses in Counties Dublin and Kildare.

On Wednesday as a result of routine profiling, Revenue officers examining parcels at a warehouse facility at Dublin Airport seized a total of over 6.9kgs of herbal cannabis in two separate operations.

Separately, on Tuesday, Revenue officers were granted a three-month cash detention order at Dublin District Court following the seizure of €15,000 in cash, also at Dublin Airport.

The cash was discovered after Revenue officers stopped and searched a passenger prior to boarding a flight to Alicante, Spain.

The cash is suspected to be the proceeds of, or intended for use in, criminal activity.

Investigations into these seizures are ongoing.