Cocaine Seizure at Dublin Airport
Officers from Revenue’s Customs Service at Dublin Airport yesterday (11/11/2007) seized approximately 2kgs of Cocaine with a street value of €140,000.
The drugs were discovered when Officers stopped and searched the baggage of a 45 year old Venezuelan woman. Officers found the 2kgs of cocaine concealed in five cans of hair spray. The woman had arrived on a flight from Madrid having previously travelled from Caracas, Venezuela.
The woman was arrested and handed over to the Garda Drugs Unit in Santry for questioning and is due to appear in court this afternoon.
[Ends 12/11/2007]