This outfit is linked to the Kinahan crime cartel which may have organised the supply of the 40kgs of cocaine from mainland Europe to the Dublin- and Meath-based network. The scale of the seizure, which was made in west Dublin, is one of the biggest hauls of the year. It comes just one month after an even bigger interception of cocaine – when 66kgs of the drug (with a street value of €4.6m) was recovered at Rosslare Port. Earlier, gardaí in Mallow, Co Cork uncovered a cannabis grow house in the Kanturk area and recovered cannabis plants and herb worth around €44,000. Before that, Limerick gardaí recovered 1kg of cocaine and €10,000 in cash.

Source: Irish Examiner December 07, 2018 16:07 UTC