Man charged after 16kg of cocaine found in airport luggage

Image source, Irish Revenue

Image caption, Approximately 16kg of cocaine was discovered in a passenger's baggage

A man has been charged following the seizure of about 16kg of cocaine at Dublin Airport.

The drugs, with an estimated value of more than 鈧1.1m (拢960,000), were found in the baggage of a passenger who had travelled from Washington.

Revenue officers had stopped the person as part of an intelligence-led operation.

Garda铆 arrested a man in his 30s who has been charged and is due before the courts.

Irish Revenue officers said their investigations were ongoing.