DUBLIN: Police have charged four men with attempting to smuggle cannabis into Northern Ireland.
The herbal resin, with a potential street value of more than £800,000, was concealed within pallets of orange juice.
Following a joint NCA and PSNI operation, three men in Camlough, Co Armagh, and a man in Birmingham were arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to import a controlled drug.
A 51-year-old man of Hall Green, Birmingham, and a 62-year-old man of Tyseley, Birmingham, are charged with fraudulently importing a class B controlled drug, possessing a class B controlled drug with intent to supply, conspiracy to fraudulently import a class B controlled drug, possession of a class B controlled drug and being concerned in the supply of a class B controlled drug.
A 36-year-old man of Enniscorthy, Co Wexford, is charged with importing a controlled drug and conspiracy to fraudulently import a class B controlled drug.
A 53-year-old man of Bridgnorth, Shropshire, is charged with conspiracy to fraudulently import a class B controlled drug.
All four have been remanded to appear at Newry Magistrates’ Court this morning.
