Cocaine worth €11.4m found in horsebox at Rosslare Europort
The haul of cocaine was discovered by Irish customs officers on Thursday
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Cocaine worth €11.4m (£9.8m) has been discovered in a horsebox trailer at a port in the Republic of Ireland, police say
A total of 163kg of the drug was found when the horsebox was searched by customs officers in County Wexford
The horsebox had been on a ferry from Cherbourg in France
Two men have been arrested
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Two men have been arrested after cocaine worth €11.4m (£9.8m) was discovered in a horsebox trailer at a port in the Republic of Ireland.
A total of 163kg of the drug was found when the horsebox was searched by Irish customs officers at Rosslare Europort in County Wexford on Thursday.
The horsebox had disembarked a ferry from Cherbourg in France at about 13:30 local time.
Sniffer dog Dáithí helped to find the drug
The customs officials used a mobile X-ray scanner and drug detector dog Dáithí to find the cocaine.
Gardaí (Irish police) attended the scene and arrested the men, one of whom is aged in his 20s; the other in his 30s.
Both men are being detained under the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act.