Cocaine smuggler had €47,000 worth of drug hidden in travel bag at Cork Airport

Cocaine worth €47,000 was found concealed in the wheels and frame of a travel bag brought into Cork Airport on a flight from Portugal.

Drugs squad gardaí had some suspicions about an accused man’s claim he was to give the cocaine to “a man in a blue hat”.

Det Sgt Lar O’Brien said he found the account given by the Barundian national, with an Irish passport, to be dubious.