Irish army boards cargo ship in drugs operation

Armed forces stormed a cargo ship off the Irish coast last month.

A "significant quantity" of controlled drugs were found onboard, An Garda Síochána (Irish police) have said.

Naval officers fired warning shots after the Panamanian registered ship failed to stop.

The container ship had been tracked by the Irish authorities over a number of days.

A specialist army team was deployed by helicopter onto the MV Matthew via a fast rope insertion in what the Irish Defence Forces said were "challenging conditions".