Cocaine 'pouring' into Ireland to supply the Christmas market, gardaí say

Gardaí and customs seized 58kg of the drug during searches in Kildare and Wexford this week

A record 3.45 tonnes of cocaine was seized in 2023 — dominated by the 2.25 tonnes on board the MV Matthew off the Cork coast in September 2023. File picture: RollingNews.ie

Cocaine is continuing to “pour” into the country to feed the Christmas party market, after gardaí and customs made another major haul — some 58kgs — of the drug.

The Irish Examiner estimates the interception in Kildare and Wexford brings to about 1.8 tonnes the amount of cocaine seized to date in 2025.