Seven cocaine smugglers jailed for between 10.5 and 12 years as a ‘significant deterrent’ The Journal Seven jailed over conspiracy to import cocaine worth €42m RTE.ie Smugglers who brought €42m worth of cocaine into State jailed The Irish Times ‘Significant deterrent’ – men jailed over conspiracy to import cocaine worth millions Limerick Leader Source link
The Special Criminal Court has jailed seven cocaine smugglers for terms between 10½ years and 12 years, with the presiding judge saying she must impose a “significant deterrent” to international criminal operations that use Ireland’s coastline to import drugs, causing immeasurable damage. Judge Karen O’Connor, at the three-judge court, said each of the seven had … Read more
The Criminal Assets Bureau (Cab) has been granted the High Court’s permission to sell three high-end cars seized from former Real IRA member Nathan Kinsella. The cars, which have not been declared criminal proceeds in advance of a substantive hearing at the High Court on the matter, were on Wednesday described as being of “very … Read more
A former British soldier played a “logistical” role in a large-scale cocaine smuggling operation into Ireland but was not among the “top” figures directing the criminal enterprise, the Special Criminal Court has heard. Gary Monks was part of a “structured and organised” cell under the control of others that conspired to import cocaine with an … Read more
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 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
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 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 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
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