Man charged after 16kg of cocaine found in airport luggage

Approximately 16kg of cocaine was discovered in a passenger's baggage

A man has been charged following the seizure of about 16kg of cocaine at Dublin Airport.

The drugs, with an estimated value of more than €1.1m (£960,000), were found in the baggage of a passenger who had travelled from Washington.

Revenue officers had stopped the person as part of an intelligence-led operation.

Gardaí arrested a man in his 30s who has been charged and is due before the courts.

Irish Revenue officers said their investigations were ongoing.