Reduced sentences for men caught with €2.5m worth of cannabis

Two Dublin men caught in possession of €2.5m worth of cannabis resin have had their ten and 14-year sentences reduced by a total of three years on appeal.

Anthony Tiernan (aged 50) of Castletimon Green, Kilmore West and John Lynch (aged 48) of Castlekevin Apartments, Coolock had both pleaded guilty to possessing 263.8kg of cannabis resin valued at €1.85m at Lynch’s home address on May 20, 2009.