Man arrested after cannabis worth €2.1 million seized in Cork

A man in his 50s was arrested and is being detained at a Garda station in the south of the country.
Man arrested after cannabis worth €2.1 million seized in Cork

By Gráinne Ní Aodha, PA

A man has been arrested after cannabis worth an estimated €2.1 million was seized in the port of Cork.

Revenue officers seized 107kgs of herbal cannabis at the port on Sunday with the help of detector dog Rua.

The drugs were found in a trailer which had originated in Croatia and had disembarked a vessel arriving from Zeebrugge in Belgium.

A man in his 50s was arrested and is being detained at a southern region Garda station.

Investigations are ongoing, gardaí said.

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