Gardaí probe how gang brought fast boat into Ireland after €31m Cork cocaine haul

Customs are continuing their deep search on the suspected mothership — a bulk cargo carrier coming from South America — after it docked at its scheduled stop at Cork Port to offload legitimate cargo

During the operation, the LÉ William Butler Yeats was required to intercept a vessel of interest, a Rigid Hulled Inflatable Boat (RHIB) which departed from Broadstrand. Picture: DF Press Office

Gardaí are trying to determine how a Scottish gang behind the foiled attempt to import 440kg of cocaine into Ireland brought their fast boat into the country to collect the drugs from a mothership off Cork on Tuesday.

They are also examining if the same Scottish gang was behind a successful operation earlier in the year, when between 500kg to one tonne of cocaine is suspected of being imported into the west of the country.