High-powered speedboats being used for drug smuggling off Irish coast 

A drug running boat that was seized during the drugs bust operation by Royal Navy warship HMS Trent , issued on Saturday, April 6, 2024. Picture: British Ministry of Defence/PA

Custom-made, high-powered narco speedboats — which killed police officers in Spain this year — are being used in drug smuggling operations off the Irish coast.

Two Spanish police officers were killed when a high-powered speedboat smashed through a police boat which was intercepting a drug trafficking operation earlier this year. Eight people were subsequently arrested.