Sentence adjourned in €7m cannabis case

A drug courier who earned a weekly "wage" of €400 for moving drugs for criminals has had his sentence for possession of cannabis valued €7m adjourned at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

Stephen Pender (aged 43), who was driving the van in which the drugs were found, failed to show up for his trial on the charges last November and bail money of €50,000 which was put up by his mother-in-law was forfeited.