Gardai and officers from Revenue’s Customs Service seized cocaine with an estimated street value of €175,000 at Dublin airport yesterday evening.
The drugs were hidden in two haversacks belonging to a 32-year-old South African man.
The man, who had travelled from Santiago in Chile, was arrested and will appear at Cloverhill District Court tomorrow morning.
Drugs worth approximately €8 million have been seized at Dublin airport in 2008.