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<\/p>\nRevenue officers found 35.2kg of suspected herbal cannabis, vacuum-sealed in packages, in the luggage of a passenger who had disembarked from a flight from Doha in Qatar<\/p>\n
Revenue officers at Dublin Airport seized approximately 35.2kg of herbal cannabis on Saturday<\/p>\n
Revenue officials intercepted a woman transporting over \u20ac700,000 worth of suspected cannabis in her luggage at Dublin Airport<\/a> on Saturday.<\/p>\n Officers discovered 35.2 kg of suspected herbal cannabis vacuum-packed in parcels belonging to a passenger who had disembarked from a flight originating in Doha, Qatar, reports the Irish Mirror<\/a>.<\/p>\n Garda\u00ed were notified and the woman was taken into custody. She remains in detention for questioning by detectives under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice Act.<\/p>\n Revenue issued a statement saying: “Yesterday, 18\/04\/2026, as a result of routine operations, Revenue officers at Dublin<\/a> Airport seized approximately 35.2kg of herbal cannabis. The illicit drugs have an estimated value of over \u20ac704,000.<\/p>\n “The cannabis was discovered concealed in vacuum packed packages within the baggage of a passenger who had disembarked a flight originating from Doha.”<\/p>\n Dublin Airport<\/p>\n “One female, aged in her 30s, was subsequently arrested by An Garda<\/a> S\u00edoch\u00e1na and is detained under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act, 1996 at a Garda Station in Dublin.<\/p>\n “Investigations are ongoing. “This seizure is part of Revenue’s ongoing operations targeting organised crime groups and the importation, sale and supply of illegal drugs.<\/p>\n “If businesses, or members of the public, have any information regarding smuggling, they can contact Revenue in confidence on Confidential Phone Number 1800 295 295.”<\/p>\n Want to see more of the stories you love from Dublin Live? Making us your preferred source on Google<\/a> means you\u2019ll get more of our exclusives, top stories and must-read content straight away. To add Dublin Live as a preferred source, simply click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Join our Dublin Live breaking news service on WhatsApp. Click this link <\/a>to receive your daily dose of Dublin Live content.<\/p>\n We also treat our community members to special offers, promotions, and adverts from us and our partners. If you don\u2019t like our community, you can check out any time you like. If you\u2019re curious, you can read our Privacy Notice<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Revenue officers found 35.2kg of suspected herbal cannabis, vacuum-sealed in packages, in the luggage of a passenger who…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":407648,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[11900,61,60,43,15229],"class_list":{"0":"post-407647","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ireland","8":"tag-dublin-airport","9":"tag-ie","10":"tag-ireland","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-revenue"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/407647","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=407647"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/407647\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/407648"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=407647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=407647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=407647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Dublin](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/0_GettyImages-599265890.jpg\")
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