Man jailed for 3 years for possessing almost €300,000 of prescription-only sleeping tablets

A 62-year-old man has been jailed for three years for possessing almost €300,000 worth of prescription-only sleeping tablets.

Michael Hall, of Brewers' Hill Rd, Dunstable, Bedfordshire in the UK, was one of three men arrested on foot of a garda surveillance operation in Dublin four years ago.