€9.3m worth of cocaine seized at Rosslare port in second major haul in two months

The seizure is part of Revenue's ongoing operations targeting the importation of illegal drugs.

More than €9m worth of cocaine was seized at Rosslare Europort this morning bringing to more than €20m the value of cocaine seizures at the port in just two months.

The latest discovery was made after Revenue officers stopped and searched a UK-registered accompanied freight unit that has disembarked a ferry from Dunkirk in France.

The 133kg of suspected cocaine was found concealed within the refrigerated trailer, with the aid of a mobile x-ray scanner.

A man in his 30s was arrested and taken to a County Wexford garda station where he was detained last night under Section 2 of the Criminal (Drug Trafficking) Act 1996.

A garda spokesperson said that its investigations are ongoing.

The latest seizure comes after €11.3m worth of cocaine was seized at the same location last month.

An estimated 163kg of cocaine was discovered after officers searched a horsebox which had disembarked from a ferry in the harbour.

Gardaí believe a major Balkan drug gang was behind the drugs in the July seizure.