Man who transported ecstasy 'feared for life'

A man who was transporting €500,000 worth of "ecstasy" tablets which he said was in part payment of a debt has been given a ten year sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

Brendan Smith (aged 20), told gardaí he was transporting the tablets to pay off €1,500 of an €8,500 debt he had incurred when he ran into a car while drunk.