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A man, in his 20s, was arrested after cannabis valued at €720,000 was seized by Revenue officers at Dublin airport on Saturday.
Some 36kg of herbal cannabis was discovered after officers searched the baggage of a passenger who had disembarked a flight from Toronto, Canada. The cannabis was discovered concealed in vacuum-packed packages within his luggage.
The search was made as a result of risk profiling, according to Revenue.
The man was detained under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act, 1996, at a Garda station in Dublin. He has since been charged and is due to appear before the Criminal Courts of Justice in Dublin on Monday morning. Investigations are ongoing.
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According to Revenue, the seizure was part of its ongoing operations targeting organised crime groups and the importation, sale and supply of illegal drugs.
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