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Cocaine worth €35m discovered in bags of charcoal at Dublin Port
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Kinahan cartel blow as seized cocaine mega-haul worth €30m escorted to Ireland by Navy ship
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Huge cocaine seizure in Cork highlights Ireland s fulcrum position in global drug gang investigations Journal.ie 19/02/2021 Niall O Connor © DPA PA Images The Maersk Nimes seen here in Hamburg Germany was at the centre of the Irish anti-drug gang operation.
THE ATTEMPTED IMPORTATION of €12m worth of cocaine into Ireland yesterday is not the first time that drug gangs have used a weekly fruit shipment from Central America to move large quantities of narcotics into Europe.
Known in Cork Harbour as ‘The Banana Boat’, the massive container ship filled with fruit is a regular feature in the port each week.
The ship, called the Maersk Nimes, begins the journey in Costa Rica before crossing the Atlantic, making its first stop at the cargo facility in Ringaskiddy, overlooking the Irish Naval base and the town of Cobh, before moving onto other ports in Europe.
‘Let’s Get Real’ If Holyrood Wants to Take a Hard Line on Fishing Ban Supertrawlers
‘While sparks fly between Ireland and Scotland over Rockall the operators of the Super Trawlers are rubbing their hands with glee as their floating factories sweep the seas’
Fishermen from Co Donegal are showing remarkable restraint. After the Greencastle based MFV ‘Northern Celt’ was stopped and boarded last week by the SFPV ‘Jura. Donegal, fishermen are now avoiding the 12 mile zone around Rockall and pinning their hopes on a diplomatic resolution (see link):
The Scottish (SNP) government for its part is possibly trying to demonstrate to fishing communities in the country’s North East that it will protect their livelihoods in a way that the London government has not. Communities around Aberdeen drifted towards the Conservatives at the last election on the promise of Brexit and ‘taking back control’ and probably felt let down by the subsequent Brexit deal. This is a way for H
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