10-year sentence for cocaine carrier Kearns

A man who was caught transporting cocaine valued €280,000 and holding €56,500 worth of amphetamines has been jailed for 10 years by Judge Katherine Delahunt at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

Andrew Kearns (aged 28) of Eaton Way, Rathcoole, a father of a young girl, pleaded guilty to possession of the drugs for sale or supply at his apartment and at Belgard Green, Tallaght on March 12, 2005.