EU narcotics agency boss deems operation ‘huge success’

THE head of the EU agency involved in Thursday’s cocaine haul described the operation as a “huge success”.

EU narcotics agency boss deems operation ‘huge success’

Tim Manhire, director of the Maritime Analysis and Operation Centre-Narcotics, commended Ireland for taking such a “prominent role” in the agency’s work.

“Most of our activity to date has been further south,” he said, referring to Spain and Portugal where an estimated two-thirds of Europe’s cocaine hauls are made.

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