Officers seize cocaine at Dublin Airport

A kilogramme of cocaine with an estimated value of €70,000 was seized by customs officers at Dublin Airport, it has emerged.

A 36 year-old Italian woman was arrested and taken to Santry Garda station for questioning after being detained yesterday.

"Officers became suspicious when the woman got off a flight from Amsterdam yesterday. After being questioned she was taken to Beaumont hospital where she was found to have been carrying 77 pellets of cocaine internally," a Customs spokesman said.

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