Cork taxi driver caught with €100k cocaine in roof sign jailed

A taxi driver who concealed over €100,000 worth of cocaine within his car roof sign when he drove from Dublin to Cork almost 13 years ago has been jailed for five years.

Andrew Dineen, aged 61, with an address at Sovereign House, Oysterhaven, Co Cork, was 47 when he committed the offence on October 21, 2003, and while he did plead guilty to having drugs for sale or supply on May 14, 2004, he then absconded to England where he remained until recently.

Detective Sergeant Lar O’Brien testified yesterday at Cork Circuit Criminal Court that the taxi was stopped by drugs squad gardaí at Camden Quay, Cork, on the night of October 21, 2003.