More gangs are using drug mules

UP to €20 million worth of cocaine may have been smuggled through Dublin Airport this year.

Customs officers at the airport have seized cocaine worth just under €2m since the start of the year. This is an indication that international drugs gang are increasingly using mules to smuggle the narcotic into the country.

International studies of the drugs trade state that only 10% of drugs smuggled into any one country are seized.