Cork Crime: People in County Cork have strong communities. All they need is local gardaí
Incidents such as drug busts in West Cork naturally grab the headlines but gardaí say the day-to-day reality is very different, and that they enjoy strong relationships with local communities.
In the early hours of one morning in March, 2024, a botched drug-smuggling operation came to an end off the coast of West Cork. After 48 hours at sea, a speedboat returned to Tragumna, bringing a sense of desperation from those on board.
A bid to offload cocaine from a cargo ship en route from South America had failed.
