Revenue seizes heroin at Dublin Airport

Officers from Revenue's Customs Service, today (18/05/2012), seized 3kg of heroin with a street value of approximately €450,000 at Dublin Airport.

The drugs were discovered when, as part of a routine search, officers stopped and searched the baggage of a 56 year old Pakistani national, who had arrived on a flight from Dubai.

The heroin was concealed in the side panelling of a specially tailored suitcase.

The man was arrested and handed over to Gardaí at Ballymun Garda Station.

[Ends 18/05/12]