Belfast Harbour: Beds used to conceal £1million pounds worth of suspected cannabis
The discovery was made after a vehicle was searched yesterday
1 million pounds worth of suspected cannabis has been found concealed within divan beds in a vehicle at Belfast Harbour.
It follows a stop and search yesterday morning.
A 33 year old man's been charged in connection with the discovery and is due in court later.
A PSNI statement said “A vehicle was stopped and searched, which led to a quantity of suspected cannabis being seized, with an estimated street value of £1 million.”
“The cannabis had been vacuum packed and concealed within divan beds inside the vehicle.”
Detective Inspector Shaw said, “This search, seizure and arrest was conducted as part of our ongoing commitment to address the criminality linked to drug importation, supply and use that often results in drug debts, drug addiction and drug related deaths within our communities.
“Through multi-agency efforts we will continue to carry out operations, to break the cycle of those who seek to cause harm through the illegal importation and supply of drugs in Northern Ireland, and to dismantle the organised criminal gangs who profit from this incredibly harmful activity.
“This type of large scale importation is conducted by sophisticated organised crime gangs and these gangs are utterly ruthless in their exploitation of the most vulnerable in our society and they cause this misery for no other reason than personal profit.
“We cannot tackle this scourge without the help of the public. I appeal to anyone with information about illegal drug use or supply, to call police on the non-emergency number 101.”