Eighth person to be arrested is being detained at a Garda station in southern region
On Friday night, two men were charged before Waterford District Court over the €157m cocaine shipment seized off the Irish coast on Sunday night.
The two men were conveyed from Wexford Garda station to Waterford courthouse on Friday evening, arriving under heavy garda escort.Det Gda James Doolan of the National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau told the court that Mr Lapa had been arrested at Wexford Garda station the previous night, October 28th, and charged with conspiracy to import drugs.
Det Gda Ciara McNulty, also of the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau, told the court that Mr Harbron had also been arrested the previous night and charged with conspiracy to import drugs.Solicitor for Mr Harbron, Ms Lana Doherty, said there was no objection to a remand in custody and made an application for free legal aid.
Both men came to the attention of gardaí as a result of their fishing trawler going aground off Blackwater in Co Wexford.
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