{"id":20665,"date":"2025-08-24T18:03:17","date_gmt":"2025-08-24T18:03:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/20665\/"},"modified":"2025-08-24T18:03:17","modified_gmt":"2025-08-24T18:03:17","slug":"man-50s-arrested-after-drugs-worth-over-e3m-seized-on-truck-that-travelled-from-bilbao-to-rosslare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/20665\/","title":{"rendered":"Man (50s) arrested after drugs worth over \u20ac3m seized on truck that travelled from Bilbao to Rosslare"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Seized herbal cannabis at Rosslare Europort\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/4a13446f-00e8-4c5a-8fa5-1381599ea42e.jpg\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"100%\" data-testid=\"article-image\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_caption1 indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_secondary indo-66f0fec7_regular indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop3 indo-b48c4984_left\" style=\"color:var(--color-grey-60)\">Seized herbal cannabis at Rosslare Europort<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">A man (50s) has been arrested by garda\u00ed following the seizure of drugs worth more than \u20ac3 million on a truck that travelled by ferry from Spain at Rosslare Europort yesterday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">There were approximately 150.6kg of suspected herbal cannabis found with an estimated value of \u20ac3,012,000.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">The drugs were discovered as a result of routine profiling, when a truck that had disembarked a ferry from Bilbao, Spain, was stopped and searched at Rosslare Europort, Co Wexford, a spokesperson for Revenue said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Following the search, the drugs were seized by the Revenue officers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">The arrested man is currently detained at a garda station in Co Wexford.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Garda\u00ed and Revenue said the investigations are ongoing, as this operation is part of Revenue\u2019s work targeting smuggling and shadow economy activity.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">The Revenue has now asked businesses and members of the public who might have any information to contact them in confidence on Confidential Phone Number 1800 295 295.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Seized herbal cannabis at Rosslare Europort A man (50s) has been arrested by garda\u00ed following the seizure 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