Major drugs seizures ‘having significant impact’ on organised crime in Ireland
Major drugs seizures have shown that Ireland “is standing up” to the challenge of disrupting narcotics being smuggled by organised crime gangs.
There have been three significant seizures in Ireland since Thursday: cocaine valued at €7.2 million at Rosslare Port, cannabis worth more than €16 million also at Rosslare and cocaine valued at €10.5 million at Dublin Port.
More than €103 million worth of drugs have been seized up to the end of June, and drugs worth more than 33 million have been seized in the last number of days.
A detective from the Garda National Drug and Organised Crime Bureau (GNDOCB) said the amount of cocaine being imported into Ireland has been “significantly increasing” in the past five or six years.
Detective Chief Superintendent Seamus Boland said there were almost weekly seizures of regular-looking vehicles in towns across Ireland that have “specialised deep concealments”, some of which have hydraulic entry points, and that these…
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