Jail for driver who hid drugs in flower truck

A Dutch truck driver has been sentenced to 10 years with the final two years suspended at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for attempting to import €5.6m worth of heroin hidden in a shipment of flowers.

Jail for driver who hid drugs in flower truck

A Dutch truck driver has been sentenced to 10 years with the final two years suspended at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for attempting to import €5.6m worth of heroin hidden in a shipment of flowers.

Thomas Van Son was employed as a “drugs courier” to transport the drugs into Ireland for a “small sum of money”.

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