'Major cog' in €1m cannabis operation jailed in Cork

He got eight years while his accomplice was jailed for five years.

There was €600,000 of cannabis in the parked van and €90,000 more of the drug in Michael O’Leary’s house. File photo

A €1m cannabis distribution operation in Cork City was intercepted by organised garda surveillance and yesterday a major cog in that crime was jailed for eight years.

His accomplice was jailed for five years.