'Torpedo' device carrying around £4.4m worth of cocaine found on Irish beach
A “TORPEDO” carrying about £4.4 million worth of cocaine has been found on a beach in Ireland.
A 'torpedo' carrying about £4.4 million worth of cocaine has been found on a beach in Ireland
Customs officers were tipped off to a suspicious item on the shore near Liscannor in Co Clare, not far from the tourist hotspot of the Cliffs of Moher.
There was about 143lb of the drug inside the 6ft metal tube.
Small bales of cocaine, each about a foot long and weighing about 2lb, were found wrapped in plastic.
The Irish Republic's Revenue Customs Service described the tube as a “torpedo-type device” and said it may have been attached below the waterline of a cargo ship or another ocean-going vessel.
There was about 143lb of the drug inside the 6ft metal tube
Small bales of cocaine, each about a foot long and weighing about 2lb, were found wrapped in plastic
The seizure was made on Monday.
A spokesman said: “It is not possible at this stage to say either where the drugs originated or their intended destination."
The drugs were discovered not far from the tourist hotspot of the Cliffs of Moher
Officials said the alarm was raised thanks to the customs drugs watch programme, which urges people living in coastal communities, maritime personnel and people living near airfields to report unusual or suspicious activities.
Investigations are continuing.