Seven men who conspired to import more than 600kg of cocaine with an estimated street value of €42m (£36.2m) have all been jailed for between 10 and 12 years in the Republic of Ireland. Three of the men on board a ship containing the drugs that travelled from the Amazon and docked off the coast of County Clare were Filipino. The other four men, with addresses in the UK, were part of a "landing cell" that was intended to collect the drugs with an inflatable boat and take them to a location in County Kerry. The three men from the Philippines are 36-year-old Hanz Pangahin, 44-year-old Christopher Ampo and 29-year-old Feljon Lao. They were each sentenced to 10 and a half years. Miljan Koprivica, 46, of Bollin Drive in Manchester, was sentenced to 12 years. Conor Costello, 31, of Earhart Park, Madamsbank Road in County Londonderry, was sentenced to 10 and a half years. Gary Monks, 40, of Amulree Place, Glasgow in Scotland, was sentenced to 10 years. Ryan Watson, 32, of Mailerbeg Gardens, Modiesburn in Glasgow, was sentenced to 10 and a half years. All seven men pleaded guilty to conspiracy to import drugs between 18 December 2024 and 15 January 2025 and were operating in "structured and
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Seven men who conspired to import more than 600kg of cocaine with an estimated street value of €42m (£36.2m) have all been jailed for between 10 and 12 years in the Republic of Ireland. Three of the men on board a ship containing the drugs…
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Seven men who conspired to import more than 600kg of cocaine with an estimated street value of €42m (£36.2m) have all been jailed for between 10 and 12 years in the Republic of Ireland. Three of the men on board a ship…
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Seven men who conspired to import more than 600kg of cocaine with an estimated street value of €42m (£36.2m) have all been jailed for between 10 and 12 years in the Republic of Ireland. Three of the men on board a ship containing the drugs…
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