Heroin addict gets 3-year sentence

An addict who was caught with over €10,000 worth of heroin on the grounds of a derelict hospital in Cork was jailed for three years with half of it suspended yesterday.

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.