Court hears accused seen on CCTV handling cocaine in €29m operation

The trial of a man accused of involvement in a €29m cocaine operation last year has heard he was seen on CCTV handling the drugs.

Abraham Shodiya, aged 44, of Carnlough Rd, Cabra, Dublin, has pleaded not guilty to four charges of possessing cocaine for sale or supply and two charges of possessing cocaine at Enterprises Services Unit 1, Old Quarry Campus, North West Business Park, Ballycoolin, and Maldron Hotel, Kiltipper, on Jun 26, 2012.

Kerida Naidoo, prosecuting, told Dublin Circuit Criminal Court that it is the State’s case Mr Shodiya was the “right-hand man” in the drugs operation, and that his boss was Gareth Hopkins, who has already been dealt with by the courts.