Meath man sentenced for drug trafficking

A Meath man who was told his €1,300 drug debt would be "cleared" if he went to Madrid to collect a package has been sentenced to four years for bringing cocaine into Ireland.

Collins Igweonu (aged 35), Pace Road, Little Pace, Clonee, pleaded guilty to having the cocaine for sale or supply at Dublin Airport on June 21, 2006. Judge Patricia Ryan suspended the final year of the sentence.