Revenue officers have uncovered cannabis with an estimated value of €2.8 million concealed within a consignment of vegetables at Rosslare Europort in Co Wexford.
A man in his 40s was arrested at the scene and taken to Wexford Garda station after the drugs were seized on Wednesday.
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The drugs were found when Revenue officers stopped and searched an articulated lorry during routine profiling.
The Spanish registered vehicle had arrived off a ferry from Cherbourg in France.
The 140 kilos of cannabis, hidden in a consignment of vegetables, were found with the help a mobile x-ray scanner.
