Taxi driver caught with possession

A Cork taxi driver was caught with €200,000 worth of cocaine in the boot of his car in the city, the gardai claimed today as he was charged with having drugs for sale or supply.

Patrick McCarthy (aged 33), of 13 Innishannon Road, Fairhill, Cork, was stopped at Coburg Street, Cork, last night shortly after 9 p.m. and caught with the illegal drugs in the boot of his taxi, it was alleged by Garda Donal Casey at Cork District Court.