Cocaine left in car for gang to collect

GARDAÍ were following a definite line of inquiry last night after seizing €140,000 worth of cocaine from an English-registered car parked on Cork’s northside.

The drugs bust in a Mayfield housing estate foiled a suspected drop-off and pick-up operation involving a criminal gang based on the city’s northside.

It is understood the car had been parked in the area as part of an arrangement that would see members of the local criminal gang collect it and the drugs it contained.