Cocaine worth €9.3m seized at Rosslare Europort

Around 133kg of cocaine stacked up on a table in brown packetsImage source, Revenue Ireland

At a glance

  • Cocaine worth €9.3m (£7.9m) has been seized in County Wexford, in the Republic of Ireland

  • It was on a ferry from France

  • One man has been arrested

  • Authorities say the investigation is ongoing

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Cocaine worth €9.3m (£7.9m) has been seized at Rosslare Europort in County Wexford, gardaí (Irish police) have said.

It was discovered after Revenue officers stopped and searched a UK-registered freight unit that arrived by ferry from Dunkirk, France, on Wednesday morning.

About 133kg of suspected cocaine was found concealed in a refrigerated trailer.

A man in his 30s was arrested and is being questioned at a local police station.

An investigation is ongoing, authorities said.