Drugs worth €1m found at Dublin Port

Customs officers have seized cannabis and cocaine worth an estimated €1 million from a container at Dublin Port.

Customs officers have seized cannabis and cocaine worth an estimated €1 million from a container at Dublin Port.

The drugs were detected by a Customs sniffer dog in a refrigerated 12m container, which had arrived in Dublin Port from Germany via Holyhead yesterday morning.

A British national in his 50s was arrested and taken to Store Street Garda station.

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