Fresh charges over €126k cannabis find

Det Garda Eoin O’Toole charged them with having cannabis for sale or supply at a time when its street value exceeded €13,000. That is the threshold which allows for up to life imprisonment with a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years on conviction, unless the judge finds exceptional circumstances.
Christopher Sexton, aged 41, and Paul Mannix, aged 51, were both charged with possession for sale of supply of cannabis resin at Corrin, Fermoy, Co Cork, on February 12, when the street value exceeded €13,000.