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Irish police arrests another crew member of Verila Ship

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A sixth crew member of the Verila ship has been arrested in connection with the investigation into the trafficking of half a tonne of cocaine worth millions of euros in Port Foynes, County Limerick, reports the Irish newspaper "The Journal". 

On December 22, five men aged 50, 46, 44, 41 and 35 were arrested on board the ship. 

The nationality of the sixth person arrested was not mentioned, but the crew consists of 17 Bulgarians and one Ukrainian. The sixth detainee is 32 years old.



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