€1.4m of cocaine 'concealed inside car panels', court told

A man was stopped driving through Cork city centre with €1.4m worth of cocaine professionally concealed inside panels of the car, it was claimed today as a man was arrested, charged and brought to court.

Marius Baran (aged 35), from Pila, Michalowskiego, Poland, was charged with being in possession of cocaine and two charges related to being in possession of 20 kilogrammes of the illegal drug for the purpose of sale or supply to others at Grand Parade, Cork, on Tuesday afternoon.