Three held over west African gang cocaine haul worth up to €3.5m

GARDAÍ yesterday confirmed a 25-kilo haul of cocaine worth up to €3.5 million, involving a relatively new west African import gang, is the biggest haul of the drug in over a year.

Detectives are continuing to question two Dublin men and one Nigerian national after they were arrested on Tuesday night with the cache.

Gardaí said two of the men from Dublin's north inner city were well known to the authorities for their suspected involvement in previous drug operations.