According to reports heroine with an estimated value of €12.3 million was seized at Rosslare europort. The said to be 88kg load of heroine reportedly the largest ever intercepted in the south of Ireland was discovered using an xray machine. According to a report, intelligence, said to be part of an international investigation into the trafficking of heroine by hiding it in plant machinery lead to a truck and loader of plant machinery being selected for inspection on the dockside of Rosslare. The truck and loader had reportedly travelled in a ferry from a european port, not specified.