Revenue arrest man at Dublin Airport who had ingested cocaine in 103 pellets

Yesterday at Dublin District Court, a 47 year old man was remanded in custody to Cloverhill Prison, charged with importing cocaine.

The man had arrived in Dublin airport on flight from Addis Ababa last Sunday. In an intelligence-led operation, Revenue officers stopped and searched him and found him to be in possession of cocaine. He had also ingested cocaine in 103 pellets. Revenue officers seized a total 1.4kgs of cocaine with a street value of €98,000.

In a separate routine operation at Dublin Airport this morning Revenue officers seized over 32,000 ‘Pall Mall’ branded cigarettes, when they stopped a 49 year old man who arrived in Dublin from Ghana via Amsterdam. The cigarettes have a retail value of €18,500, and represent a potential loss to the exchequer of over € 12,300.

If you have any information about smuggling, contact Revenue’s Confidential phone number 1800 295 295.