Iran, Hezbollah, and the Kinahans in league to bring tonnes of cocaine through Ireland

Direct links between Hezbollah and the two Iranians sentenced on Friday for their involvement in a drug trafficking operation on the MV Matthew, are also suspected.

Angela Willis, Assistant Garda Commissioner organized and serious crime speaking at a joint media briefing on the largest cocaine seizure in Irish history from the MV Matthew by the Joint Task Force comprising members of the Revenue Customs Service, Naval Service and An Garda Síochána at the Naval Base, Haulbowline, Cork. Picture: Dan Linehan 

Iran and the Lebanese terrorist group it funds, Hezbollah, worked with the Kinahan cartel in a foiled plot to traffic more than 2.2 tonnes of cocaine through Irish waters, authorities believe.

Direct links between Hezbollah and the two Iranians sentenced on Friday for their involvement in a drug trafficking operation on the MV Matthew, the interception of which led to the biggest seizure of cocaine in the history of the State, are also suspected.