Man delivered drugs in electric fan boxes

In what a judge described as a sophisticated operation a large shipment of cannabis was delivered to various parts of the country concealed in electric fan boxes.

Gerry Gallagher, aged 28, of 13 Glenview Drive, Hospital Limerick, yesterday admitted at Limerick Circuit Court to having part of the consignment worth €39,780 for sale or supply.

Gallagher told gardai he hid the drugs for a man he feared as he needed to pay off debts due from drugs and gambling on horses.