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Cocaine

This month
April 2025
Three men sentenced for roles in transporting cocaine from Dublin to the North via train
Last month
March 2025
Man arrested in Clondalkin after gardaí seize over €500,000 worth of cocaine and MDMA
Two men charged as gardaí seize over €85,000 worth of cocaine in sweet packets
Irish cocaine use 'directly linked' to criminal cartels and street intimidation
This year
2025
Two men due in court in connection with seizure of €1.4m worth of cocaine in Dublin
Gardaí seize €350,000 worth of cocaine after probationer notices suspicious behaviour at traffic stop
MV Matthew: Trial of two men for alleged part in country's biggest trafficking seizure begins
The 2.25 tonnes of cocaine that was seized from the MV Matthew, a Panamanian-registered bulk carrier, has an estimated value of more than €157 million.
Three men arrested after cocaine and cannabis worth €12.8 million seized in Co Laois
Boy accused of supplying cocaine on Royal Canal barred from using bicycles, e-scooters, or 'anything on wheels'
Man arrested after gardaí seize over €120,000 worth of cocaine and cannabis in Wicklow
Last year
2024
Man jailed for 10 years for smuggling €21m worth of cocaine to Ireland on cargo ship from Brazil
Revenue find €3 million worth of cocaine in a container of bananas at the Port of Cork
Brazilian woman jailed for attempting to smuggle €83,000 worth of cocaine into Ireland
Limerick gang boss Christy Keane arrested over €560,000 cocaine seizure
Three men arrested as drugs, Rolex watches and Range Rover seized by gardaí in Galway
Man who attempted to smuggle half a million euro worth of cocaine into Ireland has been jailed
Cocaine worth €70,000 seized in Limerick city
Man (50s) arrested after €2.5 million worth of cocaine seized at Rosslare Europort
Gardaí seize 30 kilograms of cocaine worth €2.1m in Co Wexford
Sentencing of former Republic of Ireland footballer delayed pending drug test result
Sentencing of former Republic of Ireland footballer delayed pending drug test result
Pandemic 'likely explains fewer drug deaths in 2021' but cocaine use in pubs is the 'big story'
Man in his 50s arrested at Dublin Port after gardaí seize 40 kg of suspected cocaine
Former Ireland footballer Anthony Stokes pleads guilty to cocaine possession and drunk driving
Four men appear in Wexford court charged over 100kg cocaine haul worth €7 million
Revenues find €1.5 million worth of cannabis and cocaine in separate seizures in Dublin Airport
Three arrested as €260,000 worth of drugs seized in Co Cork
People warned that very potent MDMA will be in circulation at Electric Picnic
Irish man arrested in Peru was allegedly involved in operation to ship drugs back to Europe
'Significant' increase in wholesale price of cocaine in Ireland since last year
Cocaine worth €10.5 million seized at Dublin Port
Seizure of €7.2m in suspected cocaine and two men arrested at Rosslare Europort
Man charged and almost half a million euro of suspected drugs seized in Limerick raids
Man pleads guilty to possession of €21.6 million worth of cocaine found on ship in Limerick
Man (33) in court over €3m cocaine seizure in Clondalkin
Man (30s) to appear in court over seizure of €3 million worth of cocaine
Man and woman arrested after €3 million cocaine seizure in Dublin
Two men arrested after €1.25 million worth of cannabis seized in Co Kildare
‘I imagine it’s in here’: Labour TD suggests cocaine is being used in Leinster House
Record 13,104 cases treated for problem drug use amid jump in cocaine use, especially among women