'Mothership' suspected of carrying €100m worth of cocaine searched off Kerry coast

One man, aged 28, was arrested from the suspected mothership which was intercepted in the Shannon estuary on Wednesday

The men were arrested at 5.20am on Monday on their way back from Meenogahane pier, near Ballyheigue, in a Land Rover. Picture: Domnick Walsh/Eye Focus LTD

A "mothership" suspected of being used to traffic drugs — possibly up to €100m worth of cocaine — off the Kerry coast was being searched by gardaí and customs officers on Thursday.

Five people have been arrested so far in connection with the suspected drug trafficking operation.