Suspended sentence for taxi driver caught with cannabis worth €114k

A taxi driver who was caught with cannabis resin valued at €114,000 has been given a seven-year suspended sentence by Judge Katherine Delahunt at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

Alan McEvoy (aged 40), of Ravenswood Avenue, Clonsilla pleaded guilty to having the drugs for sale or supply on June 8, 2006 at both his home and outside the home of an acquaintance in Clondalkin.