Drugs worth €70,000 seized at airport

Gardaí have arrested a 35 year-old woman who brought drugs with a street value of €70,000 into the country.

Gardaí have arrested a 35 year-old woman who brought drugs with a street value of €70,000 into the country.

Gardaí from the National Drugs Unit together with Customs Officials arrested the woman at Dublin Airport last night.

She was arrested after arriving on a flight from Spain.

Cocaine with a street value of €70,000 was seized and she is currently detained at Blanchardstown Garda Station under Section 2 of the Drug Trafficking Act.

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