Man pleads guilty to storing €700,000 worth of cannabis

A man whose family have had to leave their home due to threats from drug dealers who claim he owes them €1,500 has been given a four-year sentence for storing €700,000 cannabis resin in his bedroom.

Kevin Carroll (aged 20) of Plunkett Avenue, Finglas ran up a €1,500 debt due to his €200-a-day cocaine habit and when he was unable to repay it, the criminals left 419 vacuum packed slabs of cannabis for him to store in his bedroom.