MV Matthew to set sail to European scrappage company
The MV Matthew freighter, which was at the centre of a dramatic drug interdiction off the south coast in 2023, is due to set sail to a European scrappage company.
The freighter will leave its berth at Marino Point in Cork Harbour this (Thursday) evening.
Irish authorities seized 2.2 tonnes of cocaine, with a street value of €157 million, aboard the 28,000-tonne Panama-registered bulk carrier off east Cork in the early hours of September 26th, 2023.
The interagency operation was conducted using Naval and Air Corps assets and interagency personnel, including the Army Ranger wing.
After Army Ranger Wing personnel secured the vessel, members of the Irish Navy, the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau and Revenue’s Customs Service were transferred to the cargo vessel.
The vessel was detained under the provisions of the Customs Act, 2015.
Last summer, eight men were jailed for a total of 129 years in connection with the record seizure.
Meanwhile, it is understood that...
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