€1.65m cocaine smuggler jailed for 10 years

An unemployed north city man who smuggled cocaine valued at over €1.65m into Ireland has been jailed for 10 years by Judge Donagh McDonagh at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

Eugene Lynch (aged 34), of Cromcastle Close, Kilmore, pleaded guilty to possession of 23.6 kilos of cocaine for sale or supply at his home on August 23, 2005.