€6.4m heroin-transportation trial starts

A Dublin man has gone on trial at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court accused of transporting €6.4m worth of heroin.

Michael Byrne (aged 38) of Old Tower, Clondalkin has pleaded not guilty to possession of 32 kilogram's of the drug which were found in wrapped brown parcels in the back of a van on January 15, 2008 in the Kilmore Road area in Dublin 20. He has also denied being in possession of two smaller amounts of the drug on the same date.