Tralee-based businessman Nathan McDonnell was sentenced to 12 years in prison for his role in a transglobal drug smuggling operation involving a notorious Mexican drug cartel.

How did it ever come to this, and what exactly is the connection in Kerry that saw the drugs being stored in a premises outside Tralee, en route from South America to Australia?

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