Two men have pleaded guilty in connection with the biggest cocaine seizure in the history of the State.
Philip Doo, aged 52, from Devon, and Christopher Wiggins, aged 42, with an address in Spain admitted possessing the drugs for sale or supply at Cork Circuit Criminal Court today.
The drugs, with an estimated street value of €650m, were seized when the navy, gardaí, and customs swooped on the 60ft boat Dances with Waves last November, 170 miles off the Cork coast.
The seizure exceeded a previous record-breaking haul of 1.5 tonnes of cocaine - valued at €440m - which washed up on the Cork coast near Mizen Head in July 2007 after an elaborate trafficking scam fell apart.
The two were remanded in custody for sentencing on 8 May.
