Cocaine haul brings total seized off Cork to €1bn

YESTERDAY’S record €750 million seizure of cocaine brought the value of the drug netted off the west Cork coast to far in excess of €1 billion in just the last 18 months.

If naval sources are correct about its value, it dwarfs the €440m seized at Dunlough Bay in July 2007.

While last night’s haul was the result of a highly skilled operation jointly organised by international security forces, last year’s seizure was down to the failures of the culprits, one of whom nearly drowned trying to transport the drugs.