Three arrested as customs seize €1.5m worth of drugs in three operations at Dublin Airport

Investigations into all three seizures are ongoing

The herbal cannabis seized during Wednesday's operation, worth an estimated €1.481m. Picture: Revenue

Revenue officials have seized 1.3kgs of cocaine and 74kgs worth of cannabis worth an estimated €1.5m during three separate operations at Dublin Airport earlier this week. 

On Wednesday, Revenue officers discovered 1.3kgs of cocaine after stopping and searching a passenger who had disembarked a flight from Lisbon originating in Brazil.