Gardaí and Revenue customs officers have made one of the biggest drug seizures in the Irish Republic for years as cocaine valued at €12.04 million was discovered in County Cork last Thursday. More than 170kg of the drug was seized in container freight on arrival at Ringaskiddy Port.
Officers from the Garda’s Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau and Revenue’s Customs Service found 172 kg of cocaine during a search of a refrigerated container of fruit aboard the Maersk Nimes.
Garda search teams and customs rummage teams, using an X-ray scanner and assisted by sniffer dog, Marley, uncovered the drugs after searching several of the 40 foot containers aboard the ship.
The drugs were found aboard the 210 metre long freighter which arrived in Ringaskiddy on Wednesday after an eleven day voyage from Central America. The Maersk Nimes, which is registered in Hong Kong, had departed the port of Moin on Costa Rica’s Caribbean coast on February 6th, sailing to Cork with a cargo of fresh fruit for the Irish market.
Source: irishtimes.com
Photo source: An Garda Síochána
