Global crime ring probe started with drugs find in shed

Painstaking investigations into a suspected global crime ring first began after 1.5 tonnes of cannabis worth €11m was uncovered and led the Gardaí to a suspected drug distribution centre.

The modest smugglers’ depot, a shed on farmland in a part of Co Kildare better known for its thoroughbred studs and race courses, was believed to be the gang’s staging post for trafficking in Ireland.