GAA coach caught ‘red-handed’ with cannabis worth €600k

A GAA coach was caught “red-handed” with more than half-a-million euro worth of cannabis during a drug seizure in Dublin, a court heard yesterday.

On Thursday, gardaí stopped and searched a car at Kylemore Road, in Ballyfermot, which resulted in the seizure of a kilogramme of cannabis herb. Three men were detained at Ballyfermot Garda Station under Section Two of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act, 1996.

Afterwards at the Clonsilla Road, a van was stopped and searched resulting in the seizure of about 8.5kg of cannabis herb and the arrest of a man in his 30s. In a follow-up search of premises on Dale Road in Stillorgan, gardaí seized approximately 15kg of cannabis herb.