Haulier jailed for transporting €1m cannabis

A Belfast haulier who was caught with €1m worth of cannabis after gardaí stopped him because of a broken tail light has been jailed for three years by Judge Tony Hunt.

David McMahon (aged 46) was found with 166kgs of cannabis in the back of his truck as he was transporting it to Belfast. He told gardaí he was too scared to refuse to transport the haul.