Ireland Seizes €654K Contraband, Arrests Smuggler

0:00I'm Cory with the story, and you've been listening to Europe News today, AI-powered European coverage. Authorities in Ireland seized contraband worth over 654,000 euros last week across Dublin, the Midlands and Rosler. Europort. The hall included 26 kilograms of herbal cannabis valued at more than 523,000 euros, plus counterfeit goods. Elicit drugs, tobacco, alcohol, butane honey oil, cannabis resin, and 49 weapons accessories. Most of that cannabis, about 21.5 kilograms, got nabbed at Dublin Airport on Friday from a passenger flying in from Malaga, Spain. It was hidden in vacuum-packed bags inside luggage. A man in his thirties was arrested right there on the spot. These bus came from smart, wrist-profiling and intel-driven ops, with the Tecter Dog, Lara, Molly, and Jasper sniffing out the herbal cannabis, and other drugs. The smuckled parcels trace back to places like the US, UK, Canada, Thailand, France, and

1:02the Netherlands headed to addresses all over Ireland. Other grabs included 282 fake items worth over 90,000 euros, 13,400 euros, and butane honey oil, 8,200 euros in tobacco, over 309 liters of booze, at 4,200 euros, and extra drugs topping 7,700 euros. All these investigations are still rolling, showing Ireland staying sharp on the smuggling front to keep the streets safer.