Gambler jailed for transporting drugs

A self-confessed gambler who was caught transporting cannabis resin in his car and had a €45,000 stash of the drug in a drawer in his bedroom has been sentenced to five years with the last three suspended.

Gambler jailed for transporting drugs

A self-confessed gambler who was caught transporting cannabis resin in his car and had a €45,000 stash of the drug in a drawer in his bedroom has been sentenced to five years with the last three suspended.

Joseph Rogers (aged 34), who is a regular user of cannabis, said he was “fearful of the people” he was involved with and was to receive “only a few hundred euro” to transport and store the drugs.

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