Pubdate: Wed, 10 May 2000 Source: Irish Examiner (Ireland) Copyright: Examiner Publications Ltd, 2000 Contact: http://www.examiner.ie/ Author: Patsy McArdle MONAGHAN SEIZURE LINKED TO KILLINGS by Patsy McArdle Police in the Netherlands and the gardai are now satisfied there was a direct link between the recent killings in the Hague and the seizure of pounds 8 millions worth of drugs and guns near Castleblainey, Co. Monaghan over a year ago. More than 700 kilos of cannabis and 25 machine pistols destined for the Real IRA were seized when the gardai raided a lorry outside a cold store plant in Castleblainey. The illicit cargo which was shipped from Amsterdam was hidden in pallets of bread. Detectives working with Interpol now believe this was the third largest drugs haul seized by the authorities as a result of a tip-off in the Hague. They believe the killings were ordered by a drugs baron who suspected one of the gang was working as an informer for Dutch police - in return for immunity from prosecution. - --- MAP posted-by: Greg