Gardaí arrest woman wanted in Germany

A Polish woman wanted for prosecution in Germany under drug trafficking laws has been arrested in Co Wicklow.

34-year-old Natalia Kowal appeared before the High Court this afternoon.

The court heard Ms Kowal is living in Arklow where she was picked up this morning by gardaí acting on a European Arrest Warrant.

She is wanted in Germany to face a charge of importing at least a kilo of cocaine on an intercontinental flight from Carribian island Curacao to Amsterdam in November 2001

It is alleged that this followed an arrangement with two other individuals in a McDonald's restaraurant in a small town west of Hamburg.

Judge Daniel Herbert remanded her in custody with consent to bail.