Man gets six years for transporting cocaine worth €500k

A Nigerian national who acted as a courier to transport nearly €500,000 worth of cocaine concealed in a child’s seat and cereal boxes from Dublin to England has been jailed for six years.

David O’Keke (aged 40) with an address at Mill Road, Colchester, England pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to possession of 6.759 kilograms of cocaine valued at €473,158 at Dublin Port on March 9, 2010.