Local drug gang behind major haul of cocaine

Detectives investigating a major cocaine and ecstasy seizure in Co Louth believe a local drug trafficking gang is involved.

They believe that four people arrested in relation to the haul, three of them Eastern Europeans, are just “workers” for a local gang.

The size of the haul has been the subject of some confusion, with some sources initially placing the value at around €3.5m, most of it said to be cocaine. This would have suggested that some 45kg-50kg of cocaine was seized.