Gardaí have arrested a man after the seizure of cocaine worth an estimated €2.4 million in Co Wexford.
The arrest was made on Saturday after an operation by personnel attached to the Revenue Customs Service at Rosslare Europort.
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The 34kg of drugs were discovered when officers stopped and searched a Latvian-registered vehicle that had arrived on a ferry from Cherbourg in France.
A man in his 30s, and sole occupant of the vehicle, was arrested by gardai at the scene.
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The drugs were discovered in the overhead area of the cab with the assistance of Revenue’s mobile X-ray scanner and detector dog Jasper.
