Man caught with €1m worth of drugs gets 8 years

A MAN who was caught with more than €1 million worth of cannabis resin in Cork was given an eight-year jail sentence with the second half of that suspended yesterday.

Neil Guilfoyle, aged 29, told detectives he was trying to raise €3,000 towards a mortgage, but later claimed he was under threat to repay a drugs debt.

Guilfoyle of 6 Tullyglass Crescent, Shannon, Co Clare, initially told Detective Sergeant Lar O’Brien that he was to be paid €3,000 and that he planned to use this money to get a mortgage. The detective said yesterday that this was in conflict with what Guilfoyle told his probation officer, namely that he had been in fear of individuals and under threat to repay a debt.