Issue Date: 11 August 2024
On Thursday 8th August 2024, as part of an intelligence-led operation, Revenue officers seized approximately 104 kg of cocaine with an estimated value of €7.2 million, at Rosslare Europort, County Wexford.
The seizure was made as a result of a joint operation conducted by Revenue’s Customs Service and the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau (GNDOCB).
Two men (aged in their 40s and 50s) were arrested on Friday 9th August 2024 by An Garda Síochána. They are currently being detained pursuant to Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act, 1996, at Garda stations Eastern Region and Southern Region.
Investigations are ongoing.
