Massive security operation to get underway as Polar Chile cargo ship arrives at Cork Harbour after €10m cocaine seizure

Massive security operation to get underway as Polar Chile cargo ship arrives at Cork Harbour after €10m cocaine seizure
Niall O'Connor 21 AUG 2018 https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/massive-security-operation-un...

The boat is at the centre of an international anti-drug trafficking operation following the seizure of €10m worth of coke on board it last week

A massive security operation will swing into action as a giant cargo ship found with a cocaine shipment arrives into Ireland.

The Polar Chile is at the centre of an international anti-drug trafficking operation following the seizure of €10m worth of coke.

While in port, Costa Rican narcotic cops searched the vessel and found the 133 kilos of drugs concealed in a cargo of fruit last week.

A source said: "There is a lot of work being carried out by the naval service and customs that we don't see as they act on information provided by the gardai.

"They will monitor the arrival of the vessel and then customs and gardai will board the ship.

"Investigations are advancing well into the people behind the operation and it is believed that they are linked to the Kinahan Organised Crime Group."

Sources have said that the shipment containing the drugs was registered to a fake Irish firm.