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Court told how bungling drug traffickers suffered serious seasickness aboard crippled trawler – The Journal

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Court told how bungling drug traffickers suffered serious seasickness aboard crippled trawler  The Journal Two MV Matthew crew were ‘expendable’, court told  RTE.ie Gang with ‘unlimited resources’ behind record-breaking €157m cocaine seizure  The Irish Independent Irish Army rangers risked their lives in boarding cargo ship carrying cocaine, court hears  The Irish Times Captain of MV Matthew carrying 2.2 tonnes … Read more

Leading Kinahan figure Sean McGovern charged with murder and directing organised crime group – The Journal

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Leading Kinahan figure Sean McGovern charged with murder and directing organised crime group  The Journal Senior Kinahan Cartel member Sean McGovern charged with murdering grandfather Noel Kirwan in Dublin court  The Irish Independent Leader in Kinahan drug gang extradited to Ireland from UAE  The Guardian Senior Kinahan gang member Sean McGovern charged with murder  BreakingNews.ie High-risk extradition of Sean … Read more

Group on MV Matthew told to be ready to burn €157m cocaine load, court told – The Irish Times

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Messages sent to the MV Matthew as the ship tried to escape Irish waters while carrying cocaine worth an estimated €157 million told a group on board to burn the drug load if a helicopter attempted to intercept, a trial has heard. Seán Guerin SC, prosecuting, said it is the State’s case that Harold Estoesta … Read more

Trial of two men charged in connection with €157m MV Matthew drugs seizure to begin tomorrow – TheJournal.ie

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Trial of two men charged in connection with €157m MV Matthew drugs seizure to begin tomorrow  TheJournal.ie Two men deny having 2.2 tonnes of cocaine for supply on board MV Matthew  Irish Examiner Four plead guilty over €157m cocaine ship seizure  BBC.com Two men go on trial at Special Criminal Court for largest drug seizure in Irish History … Read more

Four men plead guilty to transporting over two tonnes of cocaine on MV Matthew ship – TheJournal.ie

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Four men plead guilty to transporting over two tonnes of cocaine on MV Matthew ship  TheJournal.ie Four men plead guilty over largest drug seizure in Irish history on board Panamanian cargo ship MV Matthew  Irish Independent Four men plead guilty in relation to largest cocaine seizure in Irish history  The Irish Times Six to face trial over cocaine … Read more

Man pleads guilty to drugs offence following largest cocaine seizure in Irish history – The Irish Times

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One of seven men who was due to go on trial after a raid on a Panamanian cargo ship off the southeast coast resulted in the largest cocaine seizure in Irish history has pleaded guilty to a drugs offence. Ukrainian national Vitaliy Lapa (62), with an address at Rudenka, Repina Str in Berdyansk appeared before … Read more

Thomas ‘Nicky’ McConnell becomes fourth person found guilty of murder of Gareth Hutch – The Irish Times

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Thomas ‘Nicky’ McConnell has become the fourth person to be found guilty of the murder of Gerard Hutch’s nephew Gareth Hutch in an ambush in Dublin eight years ago. Mr Justice Alexander Owens, presiding at the non-jury Special Criminal Court, said the evidence showed, beyond reasonable doubt, that McConnell was the second assassin along with … Read more