Man caught growing €80k worth of cannabis

A Vietnames man living in the UK was caught growing over €80,000 worth of cannabis at a house in Kilbrittain in Co Cork and yesterday he was sentenced. He had been in custody for the past eight months.

Judge Seán Ó Donnabháin imposed a five-year sentence on him yesterday at Cork Circuit Criminal Court backdated to June 2014 with the balance suspended from yesterday.

Bau Fong Le, aged 52, pleaded guilty to having cannabis for sale or supply and cultivating it. He gave an undertaking yesterday to leave Ireland as soon as possible and not to return any time in the next five years.