Customs Seize Heroin at Dublin Airport
Revenue's Customs Service, yesterday (02/02/2011), in a joint operation with Gardai, seized 140g of heroin with an estimated street value of €21,000, pending forensic analysis.
The drugs were seized from an Irish national female in her thirties, who had arrived from Amsterdam.
She was arrested under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act 1996 and is currently being held at Ballymun Garda Station.
The seizure was as a result of profiling by Revenue's Customs Service, and is the second seizure of heroin to date this year at Dublin Airport.
[Ends 03/02/2011]