'I'm not taking the blame for any of this': Court hears of 'narco boat' in failed smuggling operation
Gardaí search a lorry as part of the significant drugs operation, which started in Leap with occupants of a motorhome arrested, then moved on to Tragumna. File Picture: Andy Gibson
A "narco boat" swayed on a winch as the Atlantic swell rolled in on Tragumna pier, Cork, as men struggled to load it into an articulated lorry after many of them had already endured almost 48 hours on rough, dangerous seas.
The speedboat, with three powerful engines and modified to evade detection, had allegedly failed to catch up with the alleged mothership, a legitimate Panamanian flagged cargo vessel called the Cool Explorer off Britain's south-west coast to collect some €59m worth of cocaine.
