Suspected cocaine worth €874,000 seized at Dublin Port

About 11.2kg of drug found in freight vehicle in joint Revenue-Garda operation

About 11.2kg of suspected cocaine has been  discovered in a freight vehicle at Dublin Port. File photograph: Getty Images
About 11.2kg of suspected cocaine has been discovered in a freight vehicle at Dublin Port. File photograph: Getty Images

Suspected cocaine with an estimated street value of €784,000 has been seized at Dublin Port, and a man arrested.

In a Joint Revenue-Garda intelligence led operation, about 11.2kg of the drug was discovered in a freight vehicle.

The operation involved officers from the Customs Service and the Garda's Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau. The haul has been sent for analysis.

The man arrested, aged 37, is being detained at Store Street Garda station under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act 1996.