Man for court over airport cannabis find

A man is due in court today in connection with the seizure of herbal cannabis valued at €216,000 at Dublin airport.

A man is due in court today in connection with the seizure of herbal cannabis valued at €216,000 at Dublin airport.

Eighteen kilos of the drug were found yesterday after being detected in a suitcase by a sniffer dog.

The South African man (35), who had arrived in Dublin on a flight from Johannesburg via Zurich, was arrested and taken to Santry Garda station.