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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
National
Ailbhe Daly

Revenue detector dog helps sniff out €45,000 of cannabis in seizure at Dublin Airport

Detector dog Blue helped the sniff out more than €45,200 worth of cannabis in a Revenue seizure this week.

Revenue officers also uncovered 4kgs of Kratom at Shannon Airport, worth almost €81,000. The consignment originated from Luxembourg and was destined for an address in Mayo.

Investigations are ongoing in this case.

Sniffer dog Blue uncovered four packages containing over 2.2kgs of herbal cannabis in Dublin Airport that had flown in from Italy and were destined for an address in Kilkenny.

Meanwhile, Revenue officers were granted a three-month cash detention order by Judge Dermot Simms in relation to the seizure of €4,870 at Dublin Airport on Friday 5 June 2020.

Following routine profiling, Revenue officers stopped and searched an Irish man in his twenties travelling to Amsterdam and seized the cash suspecting it to be the proceeds of, or intended for use in, criminal activity.

And on June 2, detector dog Luca was on paw to uncover herbal cannabis with an estimated value of over €9,000.

The illegal drugs originated in the USA and were destined for an address in Ballyboden, Dublin.

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