Gardaí arrest major haulier suspected of decades-long drug trafficking in €10.6m cocaine seizure

The individual, aged in his 60s, was arrested after gardaí seized 152kg of cocaine, hidden inside a “sophisticated concealment” within an articulated truck intercepted in a planned operation. Picture: An Garda Siochana

A major haulier, suspected of transporting huge consignments of drugs for decades, has been caught in a Garda operation targeting the country’s biggest drug gang.

The individual, aged in his 60s, was arrested after gardaí seized 152kg of cocaine, hidden inside a “sophisticated concealment” within an articulated truck intercepted in a planned operation.