£12m drugs haul seized following operations involving PSNI and Belgian police

A Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) patrol car (Niall Carson/PA)

Three people have been arrested and drugs worth about £12 million have been seized following operations into organised crime, the PSNI said.

The police said detectives on Tuesday made the largest seizure of suspected herbal cannabis to date in Northern Ireland during a search at a haulage yard in Newry.