There's been plenty of different diets over the years, but none like the one that sees cannabis hidden in a slimming product.
Revenue made quite a unique find in the Dublin Mail Centre yesterday when they discovered €10,000 worth of herbal cannabis in a tin of powdered slimming product.
It had arrived from Canada and was due to be delivered to an address in the capital - but detector dog Bailey had other ideas.
The eager pooch helped to spot the drugs, and now an investigation into the find has been launched.
A Revenue spokesman said: "Today (08/08/2019), Revenue officers in Dublin Mail Centre, assisted by detector dog Bailey, seized half a kilo of herbal cannabis worth €10,000.
"The cannabis was found concealed in a tin of a powdered slimming product which had arrived from Canada and was destined for an address in Dublin."
It wasn't the first big find this week, as 980 lites of wine were found in Dublin Port on Monday.
The wine was found during routine examinations, and was worth €14,000.
The spokesman continued: "In a separate operation earlier this week (05/08/2019), Revenue officers in Dublin Port seized 980 litres of wine after a number of routine examinations took place on vehicles arriving from France. The wine had a retail value of €14,000 and represents a loss to the Excehequer of approximately €7,000.
"Investigations are ongoing.
"These seizures are part of Revenue's ongoing operations targeting the illegal importation, supply and sale of alcohol and drugs in the shadow economy.
"If businesses or members of the public have any information regarding the smuggling or illegal sale of alcohol or drugs, they can contact Revenue in confidence on free-phone number 1800 295 295 ."
