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.

Convicted drug dealer and armed robber, Jeffery Mitchell, who was arrested on Friday evening after four days on the run, has been remanded in custody at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A prominent Dublin criminal has gone on the run after absconding from Dublin Circuit Criminal Court where he was due to be sentenced today on serious armed robbery charges.