Retribution fears after largest ever prison contraband haul

Search operation on kitchen delivery truck reveals 30 mobile phones and SIM cards  and an assortment of drugs, including two kilos of cocaine

The Irish Prison Service announced that the largest ever haul of contraband smuggled into Mountjoy Prison was seized. Picture: Colin Keegan, Collins Dublin

Jailed Kinahan cartel lieutenants have been left reeling after prison intelligence units broke up a lucrative smuggling route into Mountjoy Prison in Dublin.

While parallel Garda and prison investigations are under way, sources in the prison expect possible violent repercussions as Kinahan figures demand answers as to how prison staff uncovered the trafficking system.