Gardaí and officers from Revenue's Customs Service have seized almost €2m worth of cannabis in separate operations in Dublin and Wicklow.

As a result of routine profiling, customs officers seized 85kgs of herbal cannabis with a street value of €1.7m at Dublin Port.

The drugs were destined for premises in north Dublin. They were discovered when officers scanned a container of animal feed.

The x-ray revealed 85 smaller packages of vacuum-packed drugs, hidden in large cartons of animal feed.

Meanwhile gardaí have seized a quantity of cannabis and arrested a man in Co Wicklow.

The drugs found in Co Wicklow | Image: Revenue

It happened when officers carried out a search at a house at Cherrymount in Avoca yesterday afternoon.

Around 150 cannabis plants with an estimated street value of €120,000 were seized in the raid, along with a large amount of hydroponic and cultivation equipment.

A man (30) was arrested at the scene and taken to Pearse Street garda station under section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act.

He has since been released without charge - and a file is being prepared for the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).