€5 million worth of cocaine has been discovered washed up on a beach in Co Clare.

Revenue Customs officers were alerted to a torpedo type device at Liscannor by a member of the public.

Its thought it may have been attached below the waterline of a boat. On examination Customs found 75 kilos of cocaine.

According to Revenue Customs it's not possible at this stage to say where the drugs originated, or their intended destination.