A man convicted for his role in the smuggling of €440m worth of cocaine off the coast of Cork claims he should not have been convicted for sale and supply because the drugs were not destined for this country.

TWO men on trial over Ireland’s biggest-ever drugs seizure were arrested after a garda found the pair walking among cattle on a west Cork country road, a court heard yesterday.

GARDAÍ investigating last week’s record €107 million cocaine haul were examining fresh evidence last night recovered from the seabed off Cork.