Dublin man jailed for transporting €6.2m worth of heroin

A Dublin “drug baron” has been jailed for 18 years for transporting €6.2m worth of heroin in his van.

Dublin man jailed for transporting €6.2m worth of heroin

A Dublin “drug baron” has been jailed for 18 years for transporting €6.2 worth of heroin in his van.

Michael Byrne (aged 36), of Old Tower, Clondalkin, was found guilty by a jury at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court of possessing 32 kilograms of heroin in the Culmore Road area of Palmerstown on January 15, 2008 following a six-day trial last month.

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