Four men due to appear in court after €15m of cocaine seized in major operation

Updated at 13:50

Four men are due to appear in court shortly as part of a Europol investigation to take down a major criminal communication platform called Ghost.

The infiltration of an encrypted communication tool led to the seizure of €15 million worth of cocaine and 11 arrests in Ireland.

Europol, along with law enforcement agencies from nine countries, dismantled the tool, described as “a lifeline” for serious organised crime.

An Garda Siochána said it was conducting Ghost-related investigations in relation to four identified organised crime groups in Ireland, involved in drug trafficking and money laundering “on a significant scale”.

The infiltration of the platform led to a series of searches carried out on Monday evening at 27 premises across Dublin and counties in the east of Ireland, involving 300 gardaí.

Representatives from Europol, the Australian Federal Police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation were in Ireland for the operation.

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