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# Dances with Waves

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'My team stormed the yacht': Irish naval officer tells of his role in €400 million Cork cocaine seizure

Lieutenant Commander Jamie Cotter said that he wasn’t expecting to find that much cocaine during the 2008 drugs haul.

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Feb 2nd 2018, 12:38 PM

Man gets 28 years for cocaine plot foiled by Irish authorities

John Alan Brooks was today sentenced at a court in England for his involvement in a plot to smuggle 1.5 tonnes of cocaine.

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Sep 24th 2012, 4:18 PM