Four-year sentence for truck driver who smuggled €1m worth of cocaine

A Cavan truck driver who smuggled more than €1m worth of cocaine into the country has been jailed for four years.

Four-year sentence for truck driver who smuggled €1m worth of cocaine
Mon, 15 Jan, 2018 - 17:31

By Isabel Hayes

A Cavan truck driver who smuggled more than €1m worth of cocaine into the country has been jailed for four years.

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