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BBC News
23-03-2025
- BBC News
Kilkenny: Man charged after €10.6m cocaine seizure
A man in his 60s has been charged after cocaine worth €10.6m (£8.4m) was seized in the Republic of man was arrested after gardaí (Irish police) seized 152kg of cocaine (subject to analysis), on Tuesday.A heavy goods vehicle was intercepted on the M9 in County Kilkenny shortly after 10:00 local time and there were searches of two business premises and a residential property in is expected to appear before a special sitting of Gorey District Court on Sunday. Gardaí from the National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau and Waterford Drug and Crime units carried out the searches as part of Operation operation was supported by the Revenue Customs Service, the Garda Dog Unit and the Stolen Motor Vehicle Investigation unit.
BBC News
19-03-2025
- BBC News
Kilkenny: Man arrested after cocaine worth €10.6m seized
A man in his 60s has been arrested following the seizure of cocaine worth €10.6m (£8.4m) in the Republic of (Irish police) said 152kg of cocaine (subject to analysis), was found on Tuesday in "a sophisticated vehicle concealment".A heavy goods vehicle was intercepted on the M9 in County Kilkenny shortly after 10:00 local time and there were searches of two business premises and a residential property in from the National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau and Waterford Drug and Crime units carried out the searches as part of Operation Tara. The operation was supported by the Revenue Customs Service, the Garda Dog Unit and the Stolen Motor Vehicle Investigation Commissioner Angela Willis of the Garda Organised and Serious Crime unit said it was "a further example of its commitment to target the enablers and facilitators of organised crime".The investigation is ongoing.
