Directions expected within two weeks in alleged €31m West Cork drug smuggling case

All four accused were remanded in custody to appear again by video link on October 21

(Left to right) Christopher Hibbett, Mark Doherty, Ben Sandford, and Levant Gulay are all charged in connection with the seizure of an estimated €31m of cocaine in West Cork. Pictures: Dan Linehan

Directions from the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) for the prosecution of four men for the alleged smuggling of €31m worth of cocaine are expected within the next two weeks, the district court has heard.

Detective Garda Gavin Curran told Clonakilty District Court that he was optimistic oral or written directions would be received within two weeks regarding the prosecutions that relate to the seizure of 440kg of cocaine in an operation in Courtmacsherry, West Cork, in July.