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

gustafo · 24-09-2014 06:51PM #1

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 · 24-09-2014 06:54PM

A big "coke - float" there alright.

wazky · 24-09-2014 06:56PM

That's this weekend's plans scuppered anyway.

Nodin · 24-09-2014 06:57PM

'Attention vessel...'

'allright bud'

'carry on'

'Attention vessel...'

'alright mate'

'Turn Off Your Engines And Prepare To Be Boarded'

Remmy · 24-09-2014 06:58PM

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

Tail Docker · 24-09-2014 07:00PM

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

DEFTLEFTHAND · 24-09-2014 07:08PM

You've got the wrong yacht moneygrip.

Sunhill · 24-09-2014 07:09PM

gustafo wrote: »

god only knows what must be getting through.

+1

kowloon · 24-09-2014 07:09PM

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 · 24-09-2014 07:10PM

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 · 24-09-2014 07:11PM

Nodin wrote: »

'Attention vessel...'

'allright bud'

'carry on'

'Attention vessel...'

'alright mate'

'Turn Off Your Engines And Prepare To Be Boarded'

What

Sand · 24-09-2014 07:15PM

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 · 24-09-2014 07:15PM

Hopfully 30yrs each holidays in Portlaoise.

darragh_haven · 24-09-2014 07:18PM

Kristopherus wrote: »

Hopfully 30yrs each holidays in Portlaoise.

No fecking way. 30year at her majesty cost.

Karl Stein · 24-09-2014 07:23PM

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 · 24-09-2014 07:24PM

darragh_haven wrote: »

No fecking way. 30year at her majesty cost.

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

The_Valeyard · 24-09-2014 07:27PM

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 · 24-09-2014 07:38PM

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

Specialun · 24-09-2014 08:20PM

The guards xmas party going to some craic this year

FloatingVoter · 24-09-2014 08:34PM

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 · 24-09-2014 08:40PM

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 · 24-09-2014 09:00PM

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 · 24-09-2014 09:25PM

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 · 24-09-2014 09:58PM

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 · 24-09-2014 10:08PM

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 · 24-09-2014 10:18PM

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 · 24-09-2014 10:19PM

A blow for organised crime.

ihateusernames · 24-09-2014 10:22PM

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 · 24-09-2014 10:22PM

BarryLyndon wrote: »

A blow for organised crime.

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

BarryLyndon · 24-09-2014 10:25PM

FloatingVoter wrote: »

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

Indeed, 'tis not to be sniffed at.

Jogathon · 24-09-2014 10:26PM

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.

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

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