The brits with their yachts full of coke, oh dear will they ever learn

gustafo

It's been a few years since a big haul like this around the irish coast.

http://www.rte.ie/news/2014/0924/647811-cork-drugs/

god only knows what must be getting through.

gugleguy

A big "coke - float" there alright.

wazky

That's this weekend's plans scuppered anyway.

Nodin

'Attention vessel...'

'allright bud'

'carry on'

'Attention vessel...'

'alright mate'

'Turn Off Your Engines And Prepare To Be Boarded'

Remmy

Heard about this. I'm guessing that value is the street value once the cut it up and stuff?

Tail Docker

They used to have Admiral Nelson, now they seem to have Admiral Charlie. Brittania, always ruling the waves..ish..

DEFTLEFTHAND

You've got the wrong yacht moneygrip.

Sunhill

gustafo wrote: »

god only knows what must be getting through.

+1

kowloon

Remmy wrote: »

Heard about this. I'm guessing that value is the street value once the cut it up and stuff?

Multiplied by last weeks lotto numbers and an undisclosed fantasy sum.

evolving_doors

Remmy wrote: »

Heard about this. I'm guessing that value is the street value once the cut it up and stuff?

even better though as its now being counted as part of our GDP!!

PizzamanIRL

Nodin wrote: »

'Attention vessel...'

'allright bud'

'carry on'

'Attention vessel...'

'alright mate'

'Turn Off Your Engines And Prepare To Be Boarded'

What

Sand

PizzamanIRL wrote: »

What

He's implying that calling an Irishman "mate" in an English accent will get the hackles up and drastically increase their chance of being pulled over/searched/arrested.

Probably true, to the mystification of some English people who have asked me why Irish people get so hostile when called "mate".

Kristopherus

Hopfully 30yrs each holidays in Portlaoise.

darragh_haven

Kristopherus wrote: »

Hopfully 30yrs each holidays in Portlaoise.

No fecking way. 30year at her majesty cost.

Karl Stein

In other news, two Scots and an Irishman have been apprehended trying to smuggle three thousand litres of Whiskey into Saudi Arabia aboard the vessel 'Drunken Sailor'.

gugleguy

darragh_haven wrote: »

No fecking way. 30year at her majesty cost.

Remember we don't have enough prison space as it is.

The_Valeyard

Nodin wrote: »

'Attention vessel...'

'allright bud'

'carry on'

'Attention vessel...'

'alright mate'

'Turn Off Your Engines And Prepare To Be Boarded'

Ha!! I had a lolz

fleet_admiral

More would get in if it wasnt for Gerry Boyle and Wendel Everret

Specialun

The guards xmas party going to some craic this year

FloatingVoter

Specialun wrote: »

The guards xmas party going to some craic this year

The Assistant Commissioner in charge of organising was the sergeant when Gerry Ryan ordered us to light the bales of grass on board the submarine. ****in' laugh that day. We let off a torpedo and sank a UK sub. All forgotten about in the interests of De Piece Progress or something.

Fratton Fred

Sounds like this yacht was watched before leaving the Caribbean. The tip off came from the British police, who were probably tipped off by the Jamaicans or wherever it came from.

Rhys Essien

What are the chances that this is only the decoy yacht and the bigger consignment will arrive here next week/month.I wonder was the source of their information also the supplier.

A lot of English and other foreigners living in West Cork.Anyone remember the big crimelord from Manchester who died down there last year.Who knows how many of them are there for these reasons with West Cork known as the gateway to Europe for the drugs.

Satriale

Karl Stein wrote: »

In other news, two Scots and an Irishman have been apprehended trying to smuggle three thousand litres of Whiskey into Saudi Arabia aboard the vessel 'Drunken Sailor'.

Where have you been the last week Karl? It's Two British and an Irishman.:P

Muahahaha

Rhys Essien wrote: »

What are the chances that this is only the decoy yacht and the bigger consignment will arrive here next week/month.I wonder was the source of their information also the supplier.

A lot of English and other foreigners living in West Cork.Anyone remember the big crimelord from Manchester who died down there last year.Who knows how many of them are there for these reasons with West Cork known as the gateway to Europe for the drugs.

You don't do a decoy run with 1000kgs of cocaine, this was the real deal IMO.
Though I agree with you, west Cork is porous mainly due to a lack of Naval resources. This is the third massive cocaine shipment found coming to Irish shores in the space of 7 years. The Dances with Waves boat was caught from intelligence as was this one today. The third one was the English lads out in the rib picking up over a billion worth of the stuff off a yacht offshore. Only for one of them put petrol in a diesel engine on the rib they would have got away with it.

So despite the Gardai arresting people on all three occassions they had little or nothing to do with actually catching these people, that was done by other agencies and in the third case by sheer stupidity. The drugs traffickers know this, they know the Gardai and Navy dont have the resources to catch them which is why they have continued to use Ireland as a staging post to import drugs to the EU. In their minds once they remain undetected at their point of departure in the Carribeen then there is little to no chance that they'll get caught bringing it onto Irish shores.

ihateusernames

Regardless of the value attributed to the detection, it's still a considerable seizure resulting in some gangster being out of pocket. Great news.

wiseoldelf34

that's just a drop in the ocean to what's getting in.
no doubt there will be a few careers made out of this

BarryLyndon

A blow for organised crime.

ihateusernames

wiseoldelf34 wrote: »

that's just a drop in the ocean to what's getting in.
no doubt there will be a few careers made out of this

Why the scepticism?
As far as I know even the best customs agencies will only catch between 7-10% of impotations, but does that simply mean they should just stop trying?

FloatingVoter

BarryLyndon wrote: »

A blow for organised crime.

They'll be tooting their horns about this for some time to come.

BarryLyndon

FloatingVoter wrote: »

They'll be tooting their horns about this for some time to come.

Indeed, 'tis not to be sniffed at.

Jogathon

Here on the South Coast drug boats are common. Of course, the local shopkeepers and publicans can only guess and assume, but it can be quite obvious when sailors don't know much about local fishing etc.

TheQuietFella

I remember many years ago, the early eighties on Tramore Beach, a group of us were camping & motor boats came in from a boat further out & Landrovers were there to meet them. This was during the height of the summer season before the airport was built. I never saw though what was brought in!

FloatingVoter

The level of drinking on the Aran islands by the local fishermen has to be seen to be believed. Many of them can't remember where they parked the boat.
Some of them break into Spanish when they should be doing Irish for the tourists.

Muahahaha

I think it is Inis Beag that the State has been trying for several years to buy just a tiny parcel of land so they can build the islands first ever Garda station. No islander will sell them even a blade of grass because they fear the Garda will put an end to virtual 24 hour drinking on the island. If any man sells land for a Garda station to be set up he'll be like a pariah in the community.

FloatingVoter

Muahahaha wrote: »

I think it is Inis Beag that the State has been trying for several years to buy just a tiny parcel of land so they can build the islands first ever Garda station. No islander will sell them even a blade of grass because they fear the Garda will put an end to virtual 24 hour drinking on the island. If any man sells land for a Garda station to be set up he'll be like a pariah in the community.

Inish Thiar. And the crucifix and petrol are ready for the first bastard who sells out to the mainlanders.

Judgement Day

Jogathon wrote: »

Here on the South Coast drug boats are common. Of course, the local shopkeepers and publicans can only guess and assume, but it can be quite obvious when sailors don't know much about local fishing etc.

And I suppose nobody considers it their business to pass their suspicions on to the Gardai. :rolleyes:

FloatingVoter

Judgement Day wrote: »

And I suppose nobody considers it their business to pass their suspicions on to the Gardai. :rolleyes:

Sure the guards get great work looking the other way and even doing a few nixers loading / unloading. Its only when some cowboy with a career plan gets involved that things go pear shaped.

bur

Difference this will make.

None.

Jogathon

Judgement Day wrote: »

And I suppose nobody considers it their business to pass their suspicions on to the Gardai. :rolleyes:

Good user name... Very judgemental.

Would we have to report every British tourist who doesn't know much about fishing? The guys that stay here would not be the sailors who come across the Atlantic. I think that they are the meet and greet party. Certainties are one thing, hunches are another. Also, there are many lovely and innocent tourists here who come for the fishing. These drugs guys have a brilliant excuse to be here. I am not someone who comes in contact with them in my job, but I would think that if the hunch was strong enough then the gardai would be informed.

Buona Fortuna

Armelodie wrote: »

even better though as its now being counted as part of our GDP!!

More giveaways in the budget

whisky_galore

Jogathon wrote: »

but it can be quite obvious when sailors don't know much about local fishing etc.

They're in good company, plenty clueless 'sailors' around our waters, whether it's fellas with more money than sense in big yachts and speedboats or lads putting to sea with kids playthings purchased from Lidl.

Franticfrank

Great job by the Navy, shows the new ships have been a good investment.

drumswan

Judgement Day wrote: »

And I suppose nobody considers it their business to pass their suspicions on to the Gardai. :rolleyes:

Eh, that would make it more difficult to get cocaine... duh

ArmaniJeanss

Muahahaha wrote: »

I think it is Inis Beag that the State has been trying for several years to buy just a tiny parcel of land so they can build the islands first ever Garda station. No islander will sell them even a blade of grass because they fear the Garda will put an end to virtual 24 hour drinking on the island. If any man sells land for a Garda station to be set up he'll be like a pariah in the community.

Brilliant, but surely just a pub legend.
Presumably it would be straightforward enough to just CPO some land if they really wanted to build a garda station.

Judgement Day

Jogathon wrote: »

Good user name... Very judgemental.

Would we have to report every British tourist who doesn't know much about fishing? The guys that stay here would not be the sailors who come across the Atlantic. I think that they are the meet and greet party. Certainties are one thing, hunches are another. Also, there are many lovely and innocent tourists here who come for the fishing. These drugs guys have a brilliant excuse to be here. I am not someone who comes in contact with them in my job, but I would think that if the hunch was strong enough then the gardai would be informed.

Your post that I commented on seemed to indicate that it was obvious who the drug importers were and now you're backtracking...