Man appears in court after over €2m worth of cannabis stashed in trailer seized
On Sunday (July 27), Revenue officers seized 93 packets containing 107kg of herbal cannabis at the Port of Cork as a result of risk-profiling.
The herbal cannabis, which had an estimated value of €2.1 million, was discovered with the assistance of detector dog Rua, in a trailer, which had originated in Croatia, and had disembarked a vessel arriving from Zeebrugge port in Belgium.
A man in his 50s was arrested by Gardaí under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act 1996 and was detained at a Southern Region Garda Station.
The man was subsequently charged in connection with the seizure and appeared before a special sitting of Cork District Court on Saturday (August 2). The man appeared before a special sitting of Cork District Court on Saturday (stock image) (Image: Google Maps)
This seizures forms part of Revenue's ongoing operations targeting organised crime groups and the importation, sale and supply of illegal drugs.
If businesses, or members of the public, have any information regarding smuggling, they can contact Revenue in confidence on Confidential Phone Number 1800 295 295.
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