Herbal cannabis weighing 7.5kg and worth €150,000 was found in two separate parcels was found at the Mail Centre in Portlaoise today.
The drugs were concealed in a child’s armchair which had been sent from the UK and in a collection of wicker baskets which had originated in Thailand.
They were being sent to addresses in Dublin and Galway.
Investigations are said to be ongoing with a view to a prosecution.
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