Customs officers at Irish airports seized almost 300kg of cannabis during  EU-coordinated operation

Some 272kg of herbal cannabis, 10kg of cannabis hemp, and almost 2kg of cannabis resin were seized by Revenue.

Customs officers at Cork, Shannon and Dublin airports seized almost 300kg of cannabis and an array of other drugs as part of an EU-coordinated operation targeting the trafficking of drugs into European airports from the Americas.

The operation culminated in an “action week” last December involving a number of European and UN agencies as well as Interpol.