Taxi driver jailed for transporting cocaine valued at over €250,000

A taxi driver who carried cocaine valued at over €250,000 in his cab for "a few hundred euro" to help pay off his loans has been jailed for nine years at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

Taxi driver jailed for transporting cocaine valued at over €250,000

A taxi driver who carried cocaine valued at over €250,000 in his cab for "a few hundred euro" to help pay off his loans has been jailed for nine years at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

Edmund Breslin (aged 42), a father of two, agreed to carry the drugs after running into financial difficulties and not disclosing the extent of his problems to his family.

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