Drugs worth €175,000 seized in Dublin airport

Customs officers seized cocaine worth €175,000 in Dublin airport last night.

Customs officers seized cocaine worth €175,000 in Dublin airport last night.

The drugs were found concealed in a lap-top computer case being carried by a woman, a Polish national.

The woman (29) had arrived on a flight from Brussels. Revenue's Customs Service said the woman was intercepted as a result of "passenger profiling".

She was handed over to the Garda Drugs Unit in Santry.

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