Woman arrested and €300,000 worth of cannabis seized at Dublin Airport

By Cillian Sherlock, PA

A woman in her 30s has been arrested after cannabis worth hundreds of thousands of euro was seized at Dublin Airport.

Officers from Revenue seized 15kgs of herbal cannabis which was discovered vacuum-packed within the luggage of a woman who had disembarked from a flight originating in Toronto, Canada.

Gardaí, who arrested the woman and detained her under drug trafficking legislation, estimated that the cannabis is worth €300,000.

She is being held at a garda station in Dublin.

Revenue said the seizure was part of an operation targeting organised crime groups and drug trafficking.

Investigations are ongoing.