Irish drug dealers tracked across three countries by Europol before arrest

Irish drug dealers were kept under surveillance across three countries in Europe as they sourced their drugs and travelled back home, where they were arrested by elite garda units.

The operation was part of an exercise organised by Europol, the EU police agency, combining surveillance and intervention in targeting drug traffickers and hybrid threat suspects.

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