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Cocaine Ship Sold for One Dollar | Cork News
A seized cocaine-laden ship, the MV Matthew, packed with 2.25 tonnes of drugs worth over 150 million euros, was docked in Cork Harbour for years—costing taxpayers nearly 17 million euros to maintain—only to be sold for a symbolic one dollar and towed to Bulgaria for refurbishment. Critics are demanding answers: why such a massive financial loss, why the disposal dragged on longer than court proceedings, and why efforts weren’t made to sell it for a fair price when commercial buyers existed. The public is furious that taxpayer money, which could’ve funded housing or healthcare, vanished into a…
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