Drug importers get 12-year sentences

Two English men who transported cocaine and heroin valued at €2.6m into Ireland in secret compartments in a van have been sentenced to 12 years' imprisonment at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

Paul Morgan (aged 25) of Hartersage Road and Francis McConlough (aged 23) of Chestnut Road, both Liverpol, pleaded guilty to possession for supply of the heroin and cocaine on February 17, 2006.