Woman (60s) arrested after cannabis worth €480,000 seized at Shannon Airport

€480,000 worth of herbal cannabis and cannabis resin seized at Shannon Airport on April 7.

Darragh Nolan

A woman in her 60s was arrested following the seizure of 23kg of herbal cannabis and 3.3kg of cannabis resin by Revenue officers at Shannon Airport.

The illicit drugs, worth €480,000, were found in the baggage of a passenger who had flown in from Faro in Portugal on Sunday, April 7.

The woman who was arrested by gardaí, is currently being detained under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act at a Garda station in Co Clare.

Investigations are ongoing, gardaí confirmed.