Suspected ringleader of €440m drugs plot arrested in London

One of the suspected ringleaders of a botched multimillion-pound cocaine smuggling plot has been arrested after being extradited from Spain.

Suspected ringleader of €440m drugs plot arrested in London

One of the suspected ringleaders of a botched multimillion-pound cocaine smuggling plot has been arrested after being extradited from Spain.

The 45-year-old man was arrested in London over one of the largest ever drugs seizures in Ireland – 62 bales weighing more than 3,300lb (1,500kg) and with an estimated street value of up to €440m, which were discovered at Dunlough Bay in Co Cork.

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