€3m in cocaine hidden in wheelie bins, court hears

A court has heard how Gardai in Dublin found €3m worth of cocaine inside some wheelie bins when they stopped a jeep in Tallaght last year.

A court has heard how Gardaí in Dublin found €3m worth of cocaine inside some wheelie bins when they stopped a jeep in Tallaght last year.

Abraham Shodiya of Carnlough Road, Cabra, was arrested after Gardaí spotted a man loading the bins into a trailer in Ballycoolin.

He is accused of being involved in a €29m cocaine operation.

430kg of the drug were found hidden inside some hard wood floor boards that had been shipped into Dublin Port on June 18 2012.