DJ: I was dancing to drug gang’s tune

A DJ who claimed he was the “runner” in a drugs operation after he was caught with over €600,000 worth of various narcotics has been sentenced to eight years in jail, with the final two years suspended.

Derek Mulligan was living “a law-abiding life as an estate agent” until he became a DJ and got “embroiled in the drug world”, Judge Melanie Greally said as she sentenced him.

Mulligan, aged 43, of Bancroft Avenue, Tallaght, Dublin, pleaded guilty to possession of the drugs for sale or supply on February 5, 2015. His two previous convictions are for drugs and firearm offences.