Man who had €200k worth of drugs jailed for five years

Peter Kane, 49, had secured the Dublin bedsit having come clean off heroin and stabilised on metahdone.

Man who had €200k worth of drugs jailed for five years

A man who was caught holding over €200,000 worth of drugs in his homeless accommodation has been jailed for five years.

Peter Kane, 49, had secured the Dublin bedsit having come clean off heroin and stabilised on metahdone. He had not been in trouble with the gardaí for seven years before he was “offered cocaine for free in his local pub”, Vincent Heneghan SC, defending said.

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