Third arrest over stg£18 million drugs haul in North

A man was arrested last night for questioning about an stg£18 million drugs seizure in the North.

A man was arrested last night for questioning about an stg£18 million drugs seizure in the North.

Two people have already been charged with possession of the cannabis haul, which weighed three-and-a-half tons and was found in a freight company warehouse at Newtownards, Co Down last week.

A Northern Ireland freight company boss and a lorry driver from Sunderland in the UK have already been charged with possessing the drugs with intent to supply.

The haul was discovered by police in a warehouse hidden in pallets of hollowed-out doors which had been transported from Madrid.

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