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Holly sniffed out €600k of cannabis today

Holly found the drugs on a shipment from Spain.

MEET HOLLY, THE canine who sniffed out €600k of drugs this morning.

Holly Revenue Revenue

As part of an intelligence-led operation, officers from Revenue’s Customs Service seized 30kgs of herbal cannabis with a street value of €600k.

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They said that Holly, who is a Revenue sniffer dog, sniffed them out on a shipment of filtration units imported through Dublin Port.

The shipment had originated in Spain.

International investigations are ongoing.

Read: This is what a tonne of cocaine looks like>

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