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Eamon Dillon

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Crime World
Episode 1356: How €42m of cocaine travelled from Brazil to the Shannon Estuary

That's where the boat was going and presumably it was going to dock there and offload whatever amount, whether it was all of it.

Crime World
Episode 1356: How €42m of cocaine travelled from Brazil to the Shannon Estuary

I imagine most of it was destined for there.

Crime World
Episode 1356: How €42m of cocaine travelled from Brazil to the Shannon Estuary

And so they loaded up, basically there was three of the Philippine nationals crew who were on board.

Crime World
Episode 1356: How €42m of cocaine travelled from Brazil to the Shannon Estuary

Like one of them we know was, his wages was a thousand euro a month.

Crime World
Episode 1356: How €42m of cocaine travelled from Brazil to the Shannon Estuary

They were all offered big money, like the equivalent in Philippine pesos of something like nearly 140,000 euro.

Crime World
Episode 1356: How €42m of cocaine travelled from Brazil to the Shannon Estuary

This is what was mentioned in court in one of the hearings, how much they were getting.

Crime World
Episode 1356: How €42m of cocaine travelled from Brazil to the Shannon Estuary

And so they basically... They loaded up the 600 kilos.

Crime World
Episode 1356: How €42m of cocaine travelled from Brazil to the Shannon Estuary

Now, this is estimate because, as we'll find out, the drugs were never actually found.

Crime World
Episode 1356: How €42m of cocaine travelled from Brazil to the Shannon Estuary

Yeah.

Crime World
Episode 1356: How €42m of cocaine travelled from Brazil to the Shannon Estuary

So they loaded up anyway the 600 kilos and they stored it in the Boson's store.

Crime World
Episode 1356: How €42m of cocaine travelled from Brazil to the Shannon Estuary

So... And that guy was actually a fellow called Christopher Ampo.

Crime World
Episode 1356: How €42m of cocaine travelled from Brazil to the Shannon Estuary

He was 44, has a wife, two kids at home who depend on him.

Crime World
Episode 1356: How €42m of cocaine travelled from Brazil to the Shannon Estuary

This is all heard in court.

Crime World
Episode 1356: How €42m of cocaine travelled from Brazil to the Shannon Estuary

And so...

Crime World
Episode 1356: How €42m of cocaine travelled from Brazil to the Shannon Estuary

he was basically keeping it on board.

Crime World
Episode 1356: How €42m of cocaine travelled from Brazil to the Shannon Estuary

Yeah, and there's another chap, Hans Pangehen, who's 36, and he'd taken on the responsibility of paying back seven grand for his four-year-old niece's chemotherapy.

Crime World
Episode 1356: How €42m of cocaine travelled from Brazil to the Shannon Estuary

So there's an element, I suppose, of financial need there.

Crime World
Episode 1356: How €42m of cocaine travelled from Brazil to the Shannon Estuary

And then there's Feljan Lau, 29.

Crime World
Episode 1356: How €42m of cocaine travelled from Brazil to the Shannon Estuary

He was the youngest of the three.

Crime World
Episode 1356: How €42m of cocaine travelled from Brazil to the Shannon Estuary

He's got two daughters, seven and eight.