Foreign police aid hunt for cocaine haul gang

POLICE forces around the world are cooperating with gardaí in the hunt for at least six more individuals who were involved in the €400 million cocaine smuggling attempt off the Cork coast two years ago.

It follows the arrest of a former British drugs squad officer in the investigation into the seizure of more than 1.5 tonnes of cocaine at Dunlough Bay in July 2007.

Following a joint operation between the gardaí and the London Metropolitan Police Service in recent days, a former Metropolitan Police drugs squad officer was among three men who were arrested and charged in connection with the drugs run.