Woman held over Dublin €350,000 cocaine haul

Five kilos of cocaine with an estimated value of €350,000 has been recovered in Dublin Airport today.

Five kilos of cocaine with an estimated value of €350,000 has been recovered in Dublin Airport today.

A Polish woman (25) was arrested by Revenue Officers on her arrival on a flight from Malpenza Airport in Milan. She had earlier travelled from Caracas in Venezuela.

The drugs were allegedly found hidden in four plastic cosmetics bottles in the woman's baggage. She is due in court later today.

Revenue said a woman who was on the same flight from Caracas was arrested in Milan in possession of three kilos of the drug.

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