Four men confirm guilty pleas in €31m West Cork drug-smuggling case

One of the country’s biggest ever drug hauls — the seizure of €31 million worth of cocaine at Courtmacsherry last summer — saw four men confirming their guilty pleas on Tuesday to drug-dealing and importation offences.

The four men from Scotland, England and Germany appeared together in the dock at Courtroom 4 in Cork Circuit Criminal Court on Tuesday where each of them in turn confirmed their pleas of guilty to serious drugs charges in respect of the 440 kilos of cocaine.

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