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06/08/2003
PSNI in largest ever cannabis find
Police have seized drugs worth an estimated £2 million during the search of a lorry in Co Antrim on Tuesday.
Four men were being questioned by police following the cannabis find which was discovered in a lorry at Woodburn Road in Carrickfergus.
Superintendent George McCauley, head of the PSNI's Drug Squad, described the find as a "tremendous success" and said it was the single largest seizure of cannabis ever made in Northern Ireland.
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Four men were being questioned by police following the cannabis find which was discovered in a lorry at Woodburn Road in Carrickfergus.
Superintendent George McCauley, head of the PSNI's Drug Squad, described the find as a "tremendous success" and said it was the single largest seizure of cannabis ever made in Northern Ireland.
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