Pair guilty over €4.8m cocaine haul

A German and a Corkman admitted yesterday to having €4.8m worth of cocaine in North Cork last year.

Pair  guilty over €4.8m cocaine haul

Seán O’Donovan, aged 45, of Ballynakilla, Bartlemy, Co Cork, and Richard Deutschenbaur, aged 56, a German national, with an address at Stora Slatlovagen, Alinggas, Sweden, were arraigned yesterday at Cork Circuit Criminal Court.

They both replied, “guilty” to the principle charge of possession of cocaine for sale or supply at Ballynakilla, Bartlemy, on Oct 13, 2011, at a time when its street value exceeded €13,000. This followed the seizure of 80 kilogrammes of cocaine by gardaí and customs.

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