Heroin addict gets 3-year sentence

Brian Philpott, 33, of 6, Hollywood Estate, Blarney Road, Cork, was caught retrieving the stash from a hole in the wall on July 23 last in a deserted boiler house on the grounds of Our Lady’s in Gurranabraher, Detective Garda Alan Johnston said yesterday evening.
Drugs squad gardaí uncovered the drugs when a member of the drugs squad and a dog from the drugs unit discovered the heroin hidden in a wall at the boiler house.