Failure to indicate led to drugs find

A Dublin man who led gardaí to a van containing over €370,000 of drugs when he failed to use the indicators on his car has been jailed for seven and a half years.

Gardaí tracked Barry Fowler, aged 30, down to the basement of his former apartment complex after he had sped off in his BMW to evade the patrol car.

An alarm fob on Fowler’s car keys pointed officers to a nearby transit van, which was packed with over €250,727 of cannabis, €103,404 of cocaine, and €8,827 of heroin. Gardaí found a further €5,672 of amphetamines and €1,522 of cannabis resin in the van, along with €2,000 of cannabis under the BMW’s bonnet.