Issue Date: 2nd August 2023
Gardaí have arrested a man following the seizure of €9.3 million worth of suspected cocaine at Rosslare Europort in Co. Wexford this morning, Wednesday 2nd August 2023.
The drugs were recovered by Revenue Customs Officers when a freight unit that had disembarked a ferry at the port was stopped and searched. Approximately 133kg of suspected cocaine was seized by Revenue Customs Service with an estimated value of €9.3 million.
A man (aged in his 30s) was arrested and taken to a Garda Station in County Wexford where he remains detained under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act, 1996.
Investigations are ongoing.
