Cocaine addict gets 10 years for second offence

A cocaine addict who admitted transporting €16,000 worth of cocaine from Limerick to the Blarney area of Cork was jailed for 10 years yesterday, as it was his second time being caught for such a serious drugs offence.

Detective Sergeant Lar O’Brien said the drugs squad got a confidential call about drugs being transported in a particular car on that day.

The car belonged to Stephen Hawkins of 50 Spriggs Rd, Gurranabraher, Cork, and he was stopped after a surveillance operation was mounted on the Limerick to Cork road on July 4, 2015.