Courier jailed for 4 years for carrying €250k in drugs

A DRUGS courier who was caught bringing drugs worth almost €250,000 from the North to Limerick has been jailed for four years.

Trevor Cobbett, aged 38, of Sandymount Close, Lisburn, Co Antrim, pleaded guilty to the charge at Limerick Circuit Court.

Detective Garda David Baynham of the divisional drugs squad told the court that Cobbett was stopped at about 8am on May 7, 2010, driving a Vauxhall on the N7 near Castleconnell.