Polish man pleads guilty to possessing €1.4m worth of cocaine

A Polish national accused of having €1.4m worth of cocaine in Cork city centre had a change of mind today and pleaded guilty to having the drugs for sale or supply.

When Marius Baran, aged 35, from Pila, Michalowskiego, Poland, was arraigned yesterday at Cork Circuit Criminal Court he pleaded not guilty to three drugs charges arising out of the incident.