Eamon Dillon

And I think Cab are trying to make the, they're very much making the point that they want there to be some kind of deterrent to assets being damaged before they're handed over, which is why they're pursuing this.

Arguably,

you know, the damage, like certainly at one hearing, their counsel was saying that, you know, it could be as low as 5,000.

That's the value he got for the material he sold.

So whether or not they'll come up, you know, their value might come up with a lower figure than the one by Cab and whether there'll be some kind of agreement then to settle it.

After that, we'll have to just wait and see.

And it's been repeatedly said that the word deterrent has been thrown out.

So that's their kind of motivation and they're hoping that'll be enough to get it over the line, that there will be some kind of judgment made on some kind of penalty.

Yeah, well, I suppose they're trying to protect their powers.

And, you know, I mean, if people who are being forced to hand over properties are being ordered by the High Court to hand it over, if everyone's wrecking them and burning them down before CAB get them, then what's the point of seizing them?

I mean, arguably, okay, they've denied them the use of it, but at the same time, they want to be able to return this back.

And they're bound by the law to get the best value by the property.

So if CAB don't...

don't protect this they're not actually doing the duty according to the legislation so they're not only are they to get to gain possession of any assets whether it's jewellery or a car they're also duty bound to get the highest possible market price for them as well that's in the legislation and obviously that was I suppose was there to make sure that stuff wouldn't be left derelict that they would be proactive about trying to put these properties on the market and we've seen quite a lot of them over the last two or three years and

I won't say I have experience of it, but I do know one or two... Expensive to install.

But what went wrong for the workers and how did an unidentified international cartel slip the net with their drugs, leaving the hard help to carry the can? In part one of a two-part special about Ireland's southwest coast and the drug conspiracies undone by Gardaí, we look at the MV Royal and those who got caught in the net. I'm talking with Eamon Dillon and you're listening to Crime World, a podcast from crimeworld.com.

and on Guard Chicana's own network of liaison officers and contacts in Americas, Europe and the Middle East, as well as local Guard units in County Kerry and County Clare. Eamonn, that was Detective Inspector Joe O'Reilly from the Drugs and Organized Crime Bureau speaking after the sentencing of seven men, who together were handed down more than 70 years yesterday in court. And it centers on

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a fly-by-night operation despite some of the comedy of errors to some point. So go back to the 40th birthday party in the Airbnb and what has happened? When are we talking? Because it's deepest, darkest winter here. And how did they get there?