Revenue have seized €500,000 worth of cannabis and red wine in Dublin and Rosslare.
Revenue officers, with the help of detector dog James, examined parcels at a property in Dublin, where they seized herbal cannabis estimated to be worth €480,000.
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The parcels had been sent from Spain.
Meanwhile, 4,860 litres of red wine with an estimated value of over €59,000 was also seized at Rosslare Europort.
The illegal red wine, branded ‘Doppio Passo Primitivo Rosso 2022’, was discovered during the search of an accompanied trailer which had disembarked a ferry from Cherbourg, France and represents a potential loss to the Exchequer of more than €31,700.
The driver of the load has been questioned.
Investigations into both seizures are ongoing, Revenue said.