Four in court over €107m cocaine seizure

TIGHT security was the order of the day at Cork Circuit Criminal Court yesterday for the first appearance of four men arrested in the wake of the biggest drugs seizure in the history of the State, which was valued at €107 million.

Four in court over €107m cocaine seizure

The four men are charged with possessing cocaine and possessing cocaine with the intent to sell or supply on July 2, at Dunlough Bay, Mizen, Goleen, Co Cork.

Speaking in courtroom two of the Washington Street courthouse, prosecution senior counsel Tom Creed said it would be a long trial with about 150 witnesses. Mr Creed said that the case was not yet ready to go to trial.

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