'The Family': the criminal gang behind Ireland’s latest drug seizure
On Tuesday gardaí seized cocaine valued at more than €10 million when they stopped a truck on the M9 in Co Kilkenny.
Intelligence led to the truck being stopped and finding no drugs in their initial search of the vehicle, they took it to be scanned, soon finding a hidden compartment packed with 152kg of drugs.
As well as seizing the truck, they searched two business premises and a residential address in Co Waterford.
A man in his 60s was arrested and taken in for questioning. He has been a target of the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau (DOCB) for some time.
Gardaí believe the…
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