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Irishman guilty of running drugs empire

Seizure - £80m worth of cocaine found
Seizure - £80m worth of cocaine found

An Irishman named as Britain's most prolific and richest drugs smuggler has been found guilty of running an international cocaine smuggling empire.

Woolwich Crown Court in London heard that Brian Wright masterminded multi-million pound shipments of the drug.

The investigation into Mr Wright was sparked when cocaine worth £80m was discovered on a yacht off the south-west Irish coast.

Mr Wright is due to be sentenced tomorrow.