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Revenue

A sniffer dog discovered these drugs at Portlaoise mail centre today

Stella gave a positive reaction to a parcel on its way to Dublin City.

DRUGS WORTH AROUND €80,000 were discovered by a sniffer dog at Portlaoise mail centre today.

The 4kgs of herbal cannabis was discovered by Revenue’s sniffer dog Stella.

The dog gave a positive reaction to a parcel that had been consigned from Southeast Africa to an address in Dublin City.

Revenue says that investigations are on-going.

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    Mute liam
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    Feb 17th 2016, 6:40 PM

    20,000 a kilo for what looks suspiciously like low grade muck in the pic? Did they also ask Stella to provide the valuation?

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    Mute Paddy Ryan
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    Feb 17th 2016, 6:50 PM

    They’re back to doubling the actual price although I can’t see what looks like bush scrag getting 10k a kilo either. I’ve seen better looking growing in a window box here.

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    Mute Alan Cooke
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    Feb 17th 2016, 8:24 PM

    For god sakes they are quoting street prices. That haul is so pure it has to be cut.
    4 Kilos wholesale……………………………………..40 kilos street after one puts in 36 kilos of chopped leaves and grass cuttings.
    God your a right dummy!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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    Mute ManUMan
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    Feb 17th 2016, 9:24 PM

    Cutting weed Alan? Yeah sure. The weed though your right. Swazi Gold. Huge thc content & very high grade

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    Mute Alan Cooke
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    Feb 17th 2016, 9:31 PM

    Can you Snort it?
    Just asking.
    I’ve just plucked the hairs in my nose so there’s plenty of room to inhale.
    Just asking.

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    Mute Paddy Ryan
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    Feb 17th 2016, 9:36 PM

    The sarcasm switch around here is definitely in the off position tonight Alan….

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    Mute IrishStoner
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    Feb 17th 2016, 10:52 PM

    *you’re

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    Mute IrishStoner
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    Feb 17th 2016, 10:53 PM

    Awful attempt at sarcasim.

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    Mute david dickson
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    Feb 18th 2016, 1:27 AM

    Awful spelling of sarcasm.

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    Mute SCO Electrical
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    Feb 17th 2016, 6:25 PM

    Stella performance from that dog

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    Mute Louis Jacob
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    Feb 17th 2016, 6:26 PM

    Stella don’t give a f%&k

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    Mute John
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    Feb 17th 2016, 8:25 PM

    Bold dog

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    Mute Enoch Fairfax
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    Feb 17th 2016, 6:33 PM

    I wouldn’t smoke that dirt if you paid me the 80k, for once I’m glad to see it off the streets.

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    Mute D H
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    Feb 17th 2016, 6:50 PM

    It looks like something you’d throw into a marinara sauce

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    Mute cp
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    Feb 17th 2016, 7:10 PM

    Hahahaha

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    Mute Ian Walsh
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    Feb 17th 2016, 6:49 PM

    €20k a kilo? WTF? Nonsense.

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    Mute IrishGravyTrain
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    Feb 17th 2016, 7:46 PM

    This government are mad sticking tax on to everything.

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    Mute Rob Farrell
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    Feb 17th 2016, 8:03 PM

    I think they’re dealing in 50 bags. 2.2 grams or that, so I’ve been told.

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    Mute Gearóid Ó Briain
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    Feb 17th 2016, 8:09 PM

    I remember the days when you got 3.5 for your 50, now, in Donegal, you’d be lucky to get 2.4. It doee be high grade but still.

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    Mute BannerBoyDesmond
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    Feb 17th 2016, 9:46 PM

    Street value price is €20 per gram. Not actually far off these days..

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    Mute Science of beer
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    Feb 17th 2016, 7:16 PM

    20 K for a Kilo of Bush weed, they must have started smoking it before they came up with that figure… 20k Lol

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    Mute Richard Sweeney
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    Feb 17th 2016, 7:38 PM

    Looks like potpourri. Bargain at 20 quid a gram.

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    Mute phil
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    Feb 17th 2016, 6:37 PM

    Why not let the drugs go too where they were intended to. Wait a few hours and raid the house. As far as I know they cannot prove that those who the package was addressed too is a dealer

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    Mute Mark Cullen
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    Feb 18th 2016, 7:36 PM

    I’d imagine they don’t have the resources. You’d probably need a garda to act as the postman as postmen aren’t allowed to handle drugs either. You’d need to stake out the house, then hope the recipient has actually opened it. Anyone can send anyone anything in the post, I’d imagine it’s quite hard to pin on someone and would take a lot of work to attempt to. Not sure how this is news worthy, it was probably bought online for a pittance.

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    Mute Hector Bellend
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    Feb 17th 2016, 8:27 PM

    It’s only cannabis ffs. Should be legal anyway

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    Mute Neal Ireland Hello
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    Feb 18th 2016, 7:57 AM

    Cannabis that could behave come swim anywhere and been mixed with deadly poisons and spit, for all you know.

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    Mute Anne Marie Malone
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    Feb 17th 2016, 6:54 PM

    Give that dog a bone

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    Mute John
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    Feb 17th 2016, 8:23 PM

    That’s disgusting

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    Mute Ted Murray
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    Feb 17th 2016, 7:11 PM

    We never hear anything about the migrant sniffer dog :(

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    Mute William T Smith
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    Feb 17th 2016, 7:37 PM

    € 20 K a kilo my arse!

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    Mute Pavel Shipilov
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    Feb 17th 2016, 8:00 PM

    I think the authorities deliberately increasing the value of seized goods so it looks great in such news bulletins and in their books, if they can only imagine how much revenue could be generated by legalising weed and level of crime reduced. Btw the dog they are using is a drug addict. Barcelona has weed clubs, a gram of finest product ranges from 5 to 10 euros, I highly doubt that what is disclosed here can be near any real value, 20k a kilo sounds like a total crap.

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    Mute John Quigley
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    Feb 17th 2016, 10:30 PM

    It’s African Bush and its not worth the postage never mind 80k lol

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    Mute Ken Garton
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    Feb 17th 2016, 8:15 PM

    Well done Stella

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    Mute Jimmy Murphy
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    Feb 17th 2016, 7:50 PM

    The stoners are having a rough time these days.

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    Mute Uncle Monty
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    Feb 17th 2016, 8:01 PM

    No. No they aren’t.

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    Mute David Thomas
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    Feb 17th 2016, 8:07 PM

    Nope. Because unlike other drugs(alcohol and tobacco included) stone’s don’t suffer withdrawal symptoms if they can’t get any.

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    Mute onlybuzzinwitcha
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    Feb 17th 2016, 8:21 PM

    The only thing they’d suffer from is the regrowth of brain cells.

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    Mute Leo Lowe
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    Feb 17th 2016, 9:22 PM

    If somebody survives a bullet to the head and they do not crave another one it does not mean that bullets to the head are harmless.

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    Mute john doe
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    Feb 17th 2016, 9:41 PM

    Relative to most other substances Leo. Cannabis is harmless. Unlike bullets to the head, cocaine, alcohol, paracetamol and peanuts all of which can and do kill people every day.

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    Mute Leo Lowe
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    Feb 17th 2016, 10:15 PM

    Relative to cannabis apples are harmless. Stick to apples, they are cheaper and have proven benefits.

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    Mute HelloGoogleTracking!
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    Feb 18th 2016, 12:43 PM

    @Loe,

    Eat your apples, and don’t tell others what to do.

    People can make up their own minds, the information is out their, and legal in many jurisdictions.

    Exaggerated dangers, and nanny state politics, and puritans like you…..should be free to have an opinion, and decide not to use something. Others should be free to disagree and consume whatever they like, simple principles of freedom, and individual informed decisions.

    If someone ate enough apples they could die, or choke on apples…….risks are everywhere, and people have to mitigate them using intelligence. Basing societies rules on the most stupid or reckless or idiotic, is a recipe for a puritan authoritarian nanny state………

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    Mute Leo Lowe
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    Feb 17th 2016, 9:17 PM

    Good dog Stella.

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    Mute Juan Venegas
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    Feb 17th 2016, 9:53 PM

    The Irony is that it was a Revenue dog and not a Garda sniffing dog who discovered these drugs. Money comes before crimes it seems…

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    Mute Neal Ireland Hello
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    Feb 18th 2016, 7:55 AM

    Dogs are grasses

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    Mute Joe Joyce
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    Feb 17th 2016, 8:49 PM

    Heard once if you put chilli or onions in package it can f**k up the dogs scent trail

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    Mute Paddy Ryan
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    Feb 17th 2016, 9:13 PM
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