Man faces 10-year jail sentence after drugs haul

A young man who turned to drugs following the suicide of three of his friends in a short period of time faces a possible ten year sentence after being caught transporting almost half a million euro of cocaine to repay a debt.

A young man who turned to drugs following the suicide of three of his friends in a short period of time faces a possible 10-year sentence after being caught transporting almost half a million euro of cocaine to repay a debt.

Gerard Beirne (aged 22), who has 20 previous convictions, told gardaí he had “two ‘k’s’ of really c**p coke” after he was arrested while making a drop off of a package from the €450,000 cocaine cache stored in his car.