Couple detained after €1.4m cocaine seizure

TWO non-nationals were being detained by gardaí last night following the discovery of €1.4 million of cocaine concealed in a car they were driving.

The seizure, one of the largest in recent years in Cork, took place following a lengthy surveillance operation involving a number of police forces.

Two Polish nationals, a man in his 40s and a woman in her 30s, were stopped as they were driving through the South Mall in Cork city at about 11am yesterday.