A total of 2,253kg of cocaine was found on a bulk cargo ship which was boarded by an elite Irish military unit.
An eighth man has been arrested by Irish police following the seizure of almost 160 million euro of cocaine on a bulk cargo ship off the coast of Ireland.
The ship had been under surveillance since Friday when a multi-agency operation responded to intelligence of a major international drug smuggling bid.Police believe the cocaine, captured onboard the cargo ship after the dramatic military operation at sea, was destined for distribution beyond Ireland, potentially into the UK and continental Europe.
He is the eighth person to be arrested to date as part of the investigation into the seizure and associated events.
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