Garda surveillance catches man with €7m worth of cannabis

Outstanding garda surveillance work led to a man being caught with €7m worth of cannabis resin that were stacked in crates in the back of a van outside Dublin’s Phoenix Park.

Judge Patrick McCartan at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court commended the "the outstanding piece of work" of Detective Garda Jim McDermot and members of the Garda National Drug Unit which led to the arrest of 21-year-old David Doyle and his co-accused, who denies the charges and is awaiting trial.