{"id":723790,"date":"2026-08-02T03:19:25","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T03:19:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/723790\/"},"modified":"2026-08-02T03:19:25","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T03:19:25","slug":"cannabis-haul-worth-375000-uncovered-at-cairnryan-ferry-port-after-strong-smell-detected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/723790\/","title":{"rendered":"Cannabis haul worth \u00a3375,000 uncovered at Cairnryan ferry port after &#8216;strong smell detected&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A cannabis haul worth \u00a3375,000 has been uncovered at a ferry port after officers detected a strong smell coming from a van. <\/p>\n<p>Police were carrying out checks on vehicles set to board a ferry from Cairnryan to Northern Ireland on Friday, when a strong smell of cannabis was detected coming from a van.<\/p>\n<p>Futher checks were carried out and herbal cannabis, worth an estimated \u00a3375,000, was seized from the vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>Two men, aged 43 and 18, have been arrested and charged in connection and are due to appear at Dumfries Sheriff Court on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Officers said enquiries remain ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>Police said anyone with any information or concerns about drug supply or misuse should contact police via 101 or make a call anonymously to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.<\/p>\n<p>STV News is now on WhatsApp<\/p>\n<p>Get all the latest news from around the country<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VaCESJzKgsNvKKNOYO2r\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">      Follow STV News <\/a>Follow STV News on WhatsApp<\/p>\n<p>Scan the QR code on your mobile device for all the latest news from around the country<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/whatsapp-qr.png\" alt=\"WhatsApp channel QR Code\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A cannabis haul worth \u00a3375,000 has been uncovered at a ferry port after officers detected a strong smell&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":723791,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-723790","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/723790","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=723790"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/723790\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/723791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=723790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=723790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=723790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}