CNN —The biggest-ever drug seizure in the history of Ireland was intercepted off the coast of Cork in the southeast of the country on Tuesday, Irish police said.
“It is the largest drug seizure in the history of the State,” Justin Kelly, Assistant Commissioner of An Garda Síochána, Ireland’s police force, said at the same conference.
Three men, aged 31, 50 and 60, have been arrested on suspicion of organized crime and are currently being questioned at Garda stations in County Wexford, according to a Garda press release.
Officers said the drugs originated from South America and were bound for crime groups in Ireland, the United Kingdom, and Europe.
Assistant Commissioner Justin Kelly said the drug seizure was the largest in Ireland's history.
Persons:
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