Sentence adjourned for Limerick drug courier

Sentence on a Limerick drug courier has been adjourned at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

John Costello (aged 26), of Hennessy Avenue, Kileely, Co Limerick pleaded guilty during the course of his trial last June at Portlaoise Circuit Criminal Court to having unlawful possession of 3 kilograms of amphetamine tablets valued €45,000 for sale or supply.

Costello was in a car accompanied by another man when it was stopped at Dysarthbheigh, Mountrath, Co Laoise on September 1, 2004 by Detective Garda Daragh O’Toole and other members of the National Drugs Unit who were carrying out a surveillance operation.

The drugs were discovered in the car and were destined for distribution in the Limerick and Clare area.