Man who stored €5m heroin haul jailed for 10 years

A man who stored €5m worth of heroin in the home he shared with his then girlfriend has been given a 10-year sentence by Judge Katherine Delahunt at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

William Byrne (aged 24) with an address at Colbertsfort, Belgard Road, Tallaght, pleaded guilty to possession of the drugs for sale or supply at their rented home on January 12, 2007. He had three previous convictions which included a 12-month suspended sentence for drug dealing.