Seven years for Laois dealer

A convicted Laois drug dealer who threw a cache of heroin under a garda car after he was stopped for a search has been jailed for seven years by Judge Michael White at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

John Dunne (aged 28), of Colliers Lane, Kilminchey, Portlaoise pleaded guilty to having possession of heroin worth €10,984 for sale or supply at Kylemore Road, Ballyfermot on March 21, 2005.