Senior garda warns public not to move drug finds after haul discovered on Donegal beach

Drug find significant and 'very costly expense' for the drug smugglers

The drugs, wrapped in black plastic and bound by a rope, were found on the edge of the water at the remote beach by a walker.

A former assistant Garda commissioner has warned the public to contact gardaí if they find materials they believe to be drugs — and not to transport it themselves.

Michael O'Sullivan, director of the Maritime Analysis Operations Centre, a multinational body which was set up to combat drugs trafficking, made the remark on RTÉ radio after a man walking on an isolated Donegal beach found what is thought to be a consignment of drugs worth more than €2m.