Colleagues of gardaí caught with cocaine quizzed

A GARDA team are to interview colleagues of two gardaí who have been suspended after being caught with cocaine following a high-profile internal investigation.

Detectives from the National Bureau of Criminal Investigation (NBCI) are stepping up their inquiries and are about to set up shop in the garda station where the officers are based.

One of the gardaí was under surveillance by the NBCI for some months before they moved in on him while he was socialising off duty last Monday morning, and found 8 grammes of cocaine in his pocket.