'Significant' drug dealer jailed for 12 years

A drug dealer caught with heroin valued €750,000 has been jailed for 12 years by Judge Michael White at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

James Bowes (aged 42), River Forest, Leixlip was convicted earlier by a jury in a retrial on the same charge of possession of five kilograms of heroin for sale or supply on April 3, 2000.