Supposedly confidential messages led gardaí to rural part of Wexford where 100kg of cocaine, valued at between €6-€8 million and owned by major Dublin crime gang, was found in truck
Supposedly confidential messages led gardaí to rural part of Wexford where 100kg of cocaine, valued at between €6-€8 million and owned by major Dublin crime gang, was found in truck
On Tuesday night five men were in Garda custody following the seizure of the cocaine, valued conservatively at €6-€8 million along with large sums of cash. The operation was led by the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau and detectives were part of a European and North American operation that infiltrated an encrypted messaging system.
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“The Family” has been heavily involved in drug trafficking for almost 30 years, starting in the heroin trade before diversifying into cocaine. It expanded, in terms of domestic and international reach, in the 2016-2018 period. “The Family” capitalised on the gap in the drugs market while the group that ran the Kinahans’ Irish operation came under intense Garda investigation because of the Kinahan-Hutch feud.
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