HOOOGE cocaine seizure off South West Coast...

MagicMarker

http://www.rte.ie/news/2008/1106/drugs.html

Gardaí, the Naval Service and Customs have seized a consignment of at least 1.5 tonnes of cocaine off the southwest coast.

The haul is expected to at least match last year's record €440m seizure at Dunlough Bay in west Cork.

The drugs were on a vessel that was taken into custody around 200 miles off the southwest coast last night.

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The boat was being brought to shore in west Cork under armed guard

Well, at least they managed to stay afloat!

Turd Ferguson

There goes Amy Winehouses weekend anyway

MJOR

And blake just outta jail and all

connundrum

Following the huge resources that went into capturing the last haul, I wonder how much Gardai 'work' actually went into this seizure..

Gardai: Hello Captain, any drugs on board?

Drug Dealer: Hello Bobby, no drugs here *snigger*

Gardai: Are you sure, t'be sure?

Drug Dealer: No mate, honest to God.. wait. When you say drugs you mean..

Gardai: You've been knicked son!

DarkJager

:mad: :mad: :mad: I told those bastards to use the dinghy boats!

Sherifu

Party time for the langers.

lost marbles

one and a half tons ..:eek::eek::eek:.......... thats one and a half of those yellow skip bags .some serious amount of stuff there .
maybe they were taking it to the film set for scarface 2
son of tony the irish connection

J.S. Pill

Why didn't the government just intercept the drug boat, sell the cocaine put the funds in the exchequer?? That would have solved all our economic woes

Steyr

connundrum wrote: »

Following the huge resources that went into capturing the last haul, I wonder how much Gardai 'work' actually went into this seizure..

It was the Navy who boarded.

lost marbles

band aid
well there wont be snow from africa this christmas time

BOHSBOHS

only 1.5 tonnes ??

i put 2 tonnes onto the boat in mexico

gonna be some xmas party for the gardai

shane86

Can someone explain this: why rather than seizing it mid sea did they not covertly follow the boat and see who the lads were meeting? These lads have spent 6 odd weeks sailing across, it is hardly as if they left their cars parked somewhere on the coast for all that time. True, someone could have dropped vehicles off for them to collect, but it is also highly possible there are lads who travelled to Cork to meet them and help out.

Jay D

Ireland's contribution to the operation of the centre is less than €250,000 per year. It looks as if that investment has already been repaid with rich dividends.

:rolleyes:

amacachi

Jesus, if I was a Coke wholesaler I'd just forget about Ireland at this point.

Zzippy

200 miles out? I thought territorial waters only extended 12 miles, and that was the limit of Irish law...

Rowley Birkin QC

Wouldn't the Navy just "persuade" them into Irish waters and make the arrest there?

Or if the yacht is Irish registered then our courts have jurisdiction perhaps?

Run_to_da_hills

I think the Gardai must be using trained dolphins for sniffing out drugs along our coast.

Sully

I belive these folks were armed on the boat. Rumour mill at work there maybe?

towel401

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

The Gardai are now using trained dolphins for sniffing out drugs along our coast.

because they just can't afford freakin' sharks with freakin' laser beams on they're freakin' heads

Run_to_da_hills

towel401 wrote: »

because they just can't afford freakin' sharks with freakin' laser beams on they're freakin' heads

They could now after this one :rolleyes:

towel401

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

They could now after this one :rolleyes:

they will end up spending it all on cardboard cut outs of garda cars though

AircraftTechie

Zzippy wrote: »

200 miles out? I thought territorial waters only extended 12 miles, and that was the limit of Irish law...

Its within the EEZ so no problems about boarding/searching. Boarded by crews from LE Niamh, well done to all concerned, we may have a small Navy but we can punch well above our weight.:)

ronbyrne2005

Celtic Tiger Party Powder shortage to coincide with recession. Lot of depressed young folk round the country this xmas.

Rowley Birkin QC

Maybe the Govt. seized it to help drive up the price of it on the streets.

They helped out the banks, why not help out another shower of sleazy gangsters.

PCPhoto

Might sound like a bit of a strange response but me thinks the suicide rate will increase in Ireland due to the lack of drugs (with this latest haul)

Prof.Badass

PCPhoto wrote: »

Might sound like a bit of a strange response but me thinks the suicide rate will increase in Ireland due to the lack of drugs (with this latest haul)

hah! there'll be no lack of drugs, maybe for a week or 2 max. Most of this stuff was bound for the uk.

Everyone wants their share of the action. If nothing, this will give more publicity to drug smuggling and in a few years prices will drop to unimaginably low levels.

Riddle101

Sully wrote: »

I belive these folks were armed on the boat. Rumour mill at work there maybe?

So were the Navy and the Drug Squads with them

PCPhoto wrote: »

Might sound like a bit of a strange response but me thinks the suicide rate will increase in Ireland due to the lack of drugs (with this latest haul)

Well the drugs weren't meant for Ireland, so i'd say the suicide rate will increase in the UK or something, at least for the drug gang who bought it