10 years for man who transported €2.4m worth of drugs

A Limerick man who transported cocaine and ecstasy worth an estimated €2.4m has been jailed for 10 years by Judge Desmond Hogan at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

10 years for man who transported €2.4m worth of drugs
Thu, 03 Feb, 2005 - 16:38

A Limerick man who transported cocaine and ecstasy worth an estimated €2.4m has been jailed for 10 years by Judge Desmond Hogan at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

Patrick Forde (aged 30) of Pallasgreen, Limerick also received a five-year sentence to run concurrent to the 10 years for laundering €70,000 that he received by acting as a courier.

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