Man charged in connection with State's biggest drugs seizure further remanded in custody

He is one of five men facing charges after some 2.25 tonnes of cocaine with an estimated value of more then €157 million was seized from the MV Matthew, off the Cork coast in September

Harold Estoesta was arrested aboard the MV Matthew which was docked at Marino Point in Cork Harbour last October. File picture: Dan Linehan

A man charged in connection with the biggest cocaine seizure in the history of the State was remanded in continued custody in Cork Prison on Tuesday.

Harold Estoesta, 30, who is from the Philippines appeared via videolink from Cork Prison. He was aided in court by a Filippino interpreter.