Ex footballer caught moving €2.7m of heroin jailed for four years

Accused had 'significant gambling debts'
Ex footballer caught moving €2.7m of heroin jailed for four years

Keith Quinn with former Bluebell United teammates.. Picture Matt Browne/Sportsfile

Wed, 14 Apr, 2021 - 15:59
Brion Hoban

A former professional footballer who was caught moving over €2.7m of heroin has been jailed for four years.

Keith Quinn (32) received a package containing the heroin at his place of work in an industrial estate in west Dublin. 

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