A woman in her 60s has been arrested after almost half a million euros worth of cannabis was seized at Shannon Airport over the weekend. Revenue officers seized 23 kgs of herbal cannabis and 3.3 kgs of cannabis resin with an estimated value of €480,000 at Shannon Airport. The drugs were discovered within the baggage of a passenger who had arrived from Faro, Portugal.
A woman in her 60s has been arrested after almost half a million euros worth of cannabis was seized at Shannon Airport over the weekend.
The illicit drugs were discovered within the baggage of a passenger who had disembarked a flight from Faro, Portugal.A woman in her 60s was subsequently arrested by An Garda Síochána and is currently detained under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice Act, 1996 at a Garda Station in County Clare. “Revenue officers seized 23 kgs of herbal cannabis and 3.3 kgs of cannabis resin, which was discovered within luggage.
This seizure is part of Revenue's ongoing operations targeting organised crime groups and the importation, sale and supply of illegal drugs.
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