Seizure of €8.4m from plane haul a 'massive loss' to organised crime group, court hears

Two men appeared before Judge Patricia Cronin at a special sitting of Mullingar District Court this morning.

A light aircraft was seized at a commercial airfield in Co Longford

A Polish pilot living in Kildare and a Co Waterford man have been remanded in custody over a seizure of €8.4m of cocaine allegedly flown into the midlands on Thursday.

A court heard today that the haul was a “massive loss” to an organised crime group.