Two friends who were caught transferring €1.8m of cannabis resin from tile boxes into sportsbags in a Dublin apartment have been given sentences of 14 and 10 years.

Two friends who were caught transferring €1.8m of cannabis resin from tile boxes into sportsbags in a Dublin apartment will be sentenced later.

A “vulnerable” Dublin man who was been described as leading a “sheltered life” with his parents has been sentenced to seven years in prison with the last two suspended for possessing €1.3m of cannabis in a disused warehouse.