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Rosslare Customs officers make €10m cannabis seizure


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Thursday October 02 2008

More than €10m worth of cannabis resin has been seized by Customs Officers in Rosslare.

The haul was discovered yesterday when officers inspected a Dutch registered refrigerated truck, which had arrived on the car ferry from the Netherlands via the UK.

The drugs were found hidden underneath steel plated compartments, which were covered with a wooden floor.

The driver, a 42-year-old Dutch national, has been arrested and is being questioned at Wexford Garda Station.

 
 

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