A butcher who imported heroin worth €1.5 million as part of a massive cross-channel drugs operation has been jailed for eight years by Judge Michael White at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

Two men who acted as the link between two sinister Dublin drugs gangs in a £1.5m (€1.9m) heroin deal have been jailed for six years by Judge Yvonne Murphy.

A heroin trafficker arrested in the course of a major garda campaign called "Operation Jumbo" has been remanded in custody for sentence by Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A jury has been sworn in at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for the trial of a Clondalkin man in connection with heroin valued at €1.5m.