Man caught with drugs after calling gardaí to his home

A Blanchardstown father-of-one who was "caught by his own stupidity" after he called gardaí to the apartment where he was storing over 3,000 "ecstasy" tablets has been sentenced to five years in prison.

Des O’Brien (aged 30) rang 999 after hearing a shot being discharged in his neighbourhood and gardaí who arrived at his flat discovered the stash of 3,360 ecstasy tablets worth €33,600 in a bedroom.