Revenue officers have seized over €3m worth of cocaine and herbal cannabis at Dublin Airport in recent days
It brings the total value of drugs seized by Revenue up to August 31st to nearly €170m and is a significant increase from the €75m seized in the same period last year.
Head of Customs in Revenue’s Dublin Airport Branch Michael Gilligan said it's a big percentage of seizures. "That obviously all has to come out and I don't why somebody wants to sniff it but it's a very serious problem.
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