Five arrested as gardaí investigate €58m drug smuggling plot through West Cork

Gardaí conducted searches at various locations across the country during which five were arrested
Five people have been arrested by gardaí investigating an attempt by an international crime group to import a massive quantity of drugs into Ireland, through West Cork, last year.
The five, three men and two women who range in age from their 20s to their 60s, were arrested during a major garda operation on Tuesday involving officers from the Cork County Crime Section, members of the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau (GNDOCB), members of the Garda National Bureau of Criminal Investigation (GNBCI) and officers from the Wexford/Wicklow Crime Section.