Three jailed for drug haul

Three men who were caught with almost €200,000 of cannabis have been jailed for terms of between three-and-a-half and four years.

Eoin Leonard, 28, Gary St Ledger, 31, and Noel Metcalfe, 60, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to possessing cannabis at Santry, Dublin on April 2, 2015, after they were caught by gardaí who had been tipped off about a drug delivery taking place.

The court heard Leonard, with an address at Garter Lane, Saggart, Co Dublin, was caught handing over two boxes of cannabis to St Ledger, of North Circular Road, and Metcalfe, of Mourne Rd, Drimnagh, Dublin. The boxes had a combined value of €197,400.