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The MV Matthew cocaine bust off Ireland's south coast illustrates the sophisticated logistics and vast sums of cash involved in drug trafficking, writes ANN MURPHY
A 2.2-tonne cocaine shipment intercepted off the Irish coast in a Defence Forces and garda operation will be incinerated once all prosecutions arising from it are concluded.
A seventh man has been arrested by gardai investigating what has been described as the largest drug bust in the history of the State.
A major salvage operation is underway to recover a trawler which ran aground off Wexford just hours before a drugs 'mother ship' carrying 2.2 tonnes of cocaine was detained in a dramatic operation by the Naval Service off the Cork coast.
A major salvage operation is underway to recover a trawler which ran aground off Wexford just hours before a drugs 'mother ship' carrying 2.2 tonnes of cocaine was detained in a dramatic operation by the Naval Service off the Cork coast.