Heroin seizure at Dublin Airport

Customs officers have seized 3kg of heroin with a street value of around €450,000 at Dublin Airport today.

Customs officers have seized 3kg of heroin with a street value of around €450,000 at Dublin Airport today.

The drugs were discovered as part of a routine search, when authorities stopped and searched the luggage of a Pakistani national who had arrived on a flight from Dubai.

The heroin was concealed in the side panelling of a specially tailored suitcase.

The 56-year-old man was arrested and handed over to gardaí at Ballymun garda station.

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