SMUGGLING PLOT

Fisherman linked to UK crime gang met ‘mothership’ to smuggle €100m of cocaine to Ireland in transatlantic drug plot

The suspected drug traffickers are suspected of transferring the cocaine to land between 3.30 and 4.30am

• Published: 13:30, 17 Jan 2025
• Updated: 13:30, 17 Jan 2025

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A FISHERMAN is suspected of working with a major UK crime gang to smuggle over €100m worth of cocaine to Ireland.

The suspect, from Co Derry is currently being questioned by Gardai as part of a major investigation into a transatlantic drug smuggling plot. Along with two men from Scotland and a man from Serbia, he was arrested by the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau after they were arrested at Meenogahane, near Ballyheigue in north Kerry on Monday morning.