Four refused bail over cocaine haul

Four people arrested and charged in connection with an alleged cocaine extraction laboratory will remain in Garda custody ahead of a court date next week.

The three men and one woman had been arrested at a property near Bantry, Co Cork, last Sunday, with gardaí telling Bandon District Court that bleached cocaine worth an estimated €70,000 was recovered at Seascape, Dromleigh during a search conducted by officers from the West Cork and Cork City Drug Units and the Garda Regional Support Unit.

Dean Gilsenan, of 2, Kilmahuddrick Green, Clondalkin in Dublin 22; his father, William Gilsenan, of the same address; Sean McManus of 32, Burrowfield Road in Baldoyle, Dublin 13; and Molly Sloyan, of 4B Buenosaires, Benidorm in Alicante in Spain, each face two charges, under Section 3 and Section 15 of the Misuse of Drugs Act.