Drug seizure trawler to be sold

A trawler which carried the biggest drug seizure in the history of the State is to be sold by the Revenue Commissioners next …

A trawler which carried the biggest drug seizure in the history of the State is to be sold by the Revenue Commissioners next month.

Customs officials and gardai discovered 559kg of cocaine on board the 72-ft Sea Mist last September when it was searched after entering

Cork harbour.

The closing date for the receipt of tenders is August 15th. The vessel is expected to fetch about £70,000.

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