Seven men charged over Ireland's biggest drugs haul due in court 

The case involves the dramatic operation whereby warning shots were fired before the elite Army Ranger Wing descended from circling helicopters to storm the MV Matthew off the Cork coast

Some 2.25 tonnes of cocaine with an estimated value of more than €157m was uncovered and seized from the he cargo ship, MV Matthew in September 2023. File picture: Denis Minihane

Seven men charged in connection with the largest seizure of cocaine in the history of the State are due before the three-judge, non-jury Special Criminal Court in Dublin on Monday.

Ukrainians Mykhailo Gavryk, aged 32, Vitaliy Vlasoi, aged 32, Vitaliy Lapa, aged 61; Iranians Soheil Jelveh, aged 51, and Saeid Hassani, aged 39; Dutch national Cumali Ozgen, aged 49, and Filipino Harold Estoesta, aged 31, are due before the court in Dublin today.