Another major Seizure in Cork, 1.2 million Drugs.

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Drugs worth 1.8m euro found at Cork port

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Cannabis worth an estimated 1.8 million euro has been discovered at Cork harbour.a dog sitting on a bench in front of a building: (Revenue/PA)© Provided by PA Media (Revenue/PA)

The 90kg of herbal cannabis was found during routine checks at Ringaskiddy ferry terminal on Tuesday afternoon.

Revenue officers, assisted by a drug detection dog called Marley, found the drugs in 37 packages concealed in the panels of a Polish-registered van that had arrived from Roscoff in France.

The driver of the van, a Polish national in his 20s, was detained and subsequently arrested by gardai

An investigation was ongoing on Tuesday evening.

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