Three held over Dublin airport cannabis haul

Three people have been arrested following the seizure of cannabis resin with an estimated value of €450,000 at Dublin airport…

Three people have been arrested following the seizure of cannabis resin with an estimated value of €450,000 at Dublin airport today.

The drugs, which weighed 34 kilos, had arrived by airmail from Spain.

Two men and a woman, all Irish nationals, were arrested by customs officers and gardaí from the National Drugs Unit when they went to collect the package.

They are being held under Section 2 of the Drug Trafficking Act at Crumlin and Sundrive Road stations.