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05 Sept 2025

Man arrested after cocaine worth €2.4m euro seized in the South-East - Kilkenny Live

Man arrested after cocaine worth 2.4m euro seized in the South-East - Kilkenny Live

Gardaí have arrested a man after the seizure of cocaine worth an estimated 2.4 million euro in County Wexford.

The arrest was made on Saturday after an operation by personnel attached to the Revenue Customs Service at Rosslare Europort.

The 34kg of drugs were discovered when officers stopped and searched a Latvian-registered vehicle that had arrived on a ferry from Cherbourg in France.

A man in his 30s, and sole occupant of the vehicle, was arrested by gardai at the scene.

The drugs were discovered in the overhead area of the cab with the assistance of Revenue’s mobile X-ray scanner and detector dog Jasper.

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