Trial begins for man accused of soliciting for drug-smuggling

A man has gone on trial accused of soliciting two undercover gardaí to travel to Brazil to collect cocaine and bring it back into Ireland.

Sunny Idah (aged 36) with an address at Gerard House, Brown Street, London has pleaded not guilty to two charges of soliciting another person to unlawfully import cocaine on dates between September 14 and 19, 2010.