Customs officers seized over 35kgs of cocaine with an estimated street value of more than €2.5 million, attempted to be smuggled through Rosslare Port in a horsebox.
The bust by customs officials was made with the assistance of a sniffer dog named Timba, after Revenue officials stopped to search an Irish registered horsebox.
The horsebox was transporting eight horses, which had come off a ferry travelling from Cherbourg, France.
An Irish man in his 40s was arrested by gardaí at the scene following the seizure of the drugs.
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The man is currently being detained for questioning at Wexford Garda Station, under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act 1996.
