Truck driver jailed for importing cannabis

A Monaghan truck driver has today been jailed for five years for importing more than €600,000 worth of cannabis into the State.

Truck driver jailed for importing cannabis
Mon, 23 Apr, 2012 - 18:54

A Monaghan truck driver has today been jailed for five years for importing more than €600,000 worth of cannabis into the State.

David Mathews (aged 27) was observed by gardaí driving his truck off the ferry at Dublin Port and transporting the drugs to his Monaghan home where two men met him and took the cannabis to the North.

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