Gardaí arrest man following €3.75m cocaine seizure at Rosslare Europort

Revenue officers seized 55.3kg of suspected cocaine
Gardaí arrest man following €3.75m cocaine seizure at Rosslare Europort

James Cox

Gardaí have arrested a man following a seizure of cocaine worth approximately €3.75 million by Revenue officers at Rosslare Europort, Co Wexford on Monday.

Revenue officers seized 55.3kg of suspected cocaine with an estimated value of €3,747,000 following the search of a vehicle which had disembarked from a ferry.

Revenue officers seized 55.3kg of suspected cocaine.

The man, aged in his 40s, who was arrested is currently detained under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act, 1996 at a Garda station in Co Wexford.

Investigations are ongoing, gardaí said.

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