Man arrested after cannabis worth €2.1 million seized in Cork
Revenue officers seized 107kgs of herbal cannabis at the port on Sunday with the help of detector dog Rua.
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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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