Teen caught with heroin worth €126,000, court hears

A 17-year-old boy was caught with a kilo of heroin worth €126,000 which he was minding for someone else, the Children’s Court heard today.

The west Dublin boy, who has never been before the courts before, has been charged with possessing the heroin and possession with intent to supply to another, at his home address, on November 6 last year.