A former Sinn Féin representative charged over a €4m cocaine seizure at a Kildare stables allegedly attempted to run from gardaí and hide in a barn when they went to arrest him, a court has ben told.
Revenue officers have seized illegal drugs worth an estimated €2,307,000 at Dublin Airport following two operations carried out last week. On Thursday, November 20, Revenue officers searched a package during routine profiling and discovered 0.8kg of crystal methamphetamine concealed inside boxes of soup labelled "Food". The drugs, valued at €48,000, had been sent from Spain and were destined for an address in Dublin.
Everything seemed to be in order. Mexico's Attorney General's Office (FGR) had seized a ton of cocaine in the state of Guerrero. As required by law, the drugs were to be incinerated. However, a group of officials sneakily replaced the cocaine with powdered milk and that's what went up in flames. The scheme was uncovered, prompting the dismissal of a dozen officials, including the agency's comptroller, Arturo Serrano Meneses, the one ultimately in charge of giving the go-ahead for this type of operation.
To put this into perspective, the potential 23m lethal doses of cocaine seized by the US coast guard and our partners are enough to fatally overdose the entire population of the state of Florida, underscoring the immense threat posed by transnational drug trafficking to our nation, said R Adm Adam Chamie, commander of the branch's south-east district. This represents a significant victory in the fight against transnational criminal organizations, highlighting our unwavering commitment to safeguarding the nation from illicit trafficking and its devastating impacts, Chamie said.
The Limerick Divisional Drug Unit, along with other units, successfully seized drugs valued at â¬500,000, leading to the arrest of three men in a vehicle stop.
