Prison for man with €1m worth of heroin in shed

A 32-year-old father of two who was caught holding just over €1m of drugs in his garden shed has been given an eight-year sentence.

Stephen Reddington of Wheatfield Ave, Clondalkin, Dublin, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to possession of heroin for sale or supply on November 21, 2011.

The court heard that when gardaí arrived to search his home, Reddington told them there were no drugs in the house but showed them out to a shed in the back garden and pointed out a large number of cylindrical containers containing the drugs. Mixing agents were also recovered.