Driver awaits sentencing for €15.5m drug find

A 28-year-old truck driver found in possession of almost €16m worth of cocaine and cannabis resin has been remanded in custody for sentence by Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

Julian Gilloughley, originally from Cloghran, Co Dublin but with an address at Henrietta Street, Dublin 1, pleaded guilty to possession for sale and supply of nearly a metric ton of cannabis resin worth €12.42m and 78 blocks of cocaine worth €3.08m on April 19, 2003.