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£80m Irish cocaine trial begins | |
(40 minutes later) | |
Three men have gone on trial in Cork charged over the biggest drugs seizure in Irish history. | |
About 1.5 tonnes of cocaine, worth more than £80m, was recovered from the sea off the west Cork coast last July. | About 1.5 tonnes of cocaine, worth more than £80m, was recovered from the sea off the west Cork coast last July. |
Perry Wharrie, 48, of Pryles Lane, Essex and Joe Daly, 41, of Carisbrook Avenue, Bexley, deny possessing cocaine for sale or supply. | |
Martin Wanden, 45, of no fixed address, also known as Anthony Claud Linden, also denies the charge. | |
The Irish State has put more than 400 witnesses on stand-by for the trial, which is expected to last several weeks. | The Irish State has put more than 400 witnesses on stand-by for the trial, which is expected to last several weeks. |
The cocaine haul was discovered accidentally. | The cocaine haul was discovered accidentally. |
On 2 July last year, a stranger ran into a farmhouse near Mizen Head in west Cork looking for help for a companion with whom he had been fishing, he claimed, when their boat overturned in rough seas. | On 2 July last year, a stranger ran into a farmhouse near Mizen Head in west Cork looking for help for a companion with whom he had been fishing, he claimed, when their boat overturned in rough seas. |
The farmer called the emergency services who saved the man's life but they also recovered 61 suspicious packages floating in the water around the up-turned rigid inflatable boat. | The farmer called the emergency services who saved the man's life but they also recovered 61 suspicious packages floating in the water around the up-turned rigid inflatable boat. |
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