Four men charged in connection with €150m cocaine seizure off Cork coast

Two of the men's solicitors requested access to the MV Matthew, the large cargo ship on which some 2.25 tonnes of cocaine were found

Vitaliy Vlasoi, one of the men who appeared at Mallow District Court charged in connection with the largest seizure of cocaine in the history of the State. Picture: Dan Linehan

Four men have been remanded in custody in Cork in connection with the largest seizure of cocaine in the history of the State.

Saeid Hassani, aged 37, Mykhailo Gavryk, aged 31, Vitaliy Vlasoi, aged 31, and Cumali Ozgen, aged 48, were brought to Mallow District Court under a heavy Garda presence and the Garda Armed Support Unit on Tuesday morning.