Almost €100m worth of illicit drugs seized at ports and airports in first half of 2024

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Almost €100m worth of illicit drugs seized at ports and airports in first half of 2024
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The sum is more than the full-year totals for four of the previous five years

An image from a seizure by Revenue officers of herbal cannabis worth €380,000 at Dublin and Shannon Airports in January

The only year with a higher value of drugs seized was 2023, when almost €284 million worth of drugs were detected at ports and airports out of a record-breaking overall seizure at all locations of €302 million. She had asked for the weight, value and type of illicit substances detected by officials from the Revenue Commissioners at airports and ports since 2019.

The overall value of airport and port drug seizures in previous years was €12.1 million in 2019; €41.95 million in 2020; €82 million in 2021; €32.29 million in 2022: and €283.77 million in 2023.

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