Gardaí found drunk man with €70k of heroin in back of speeding taxi

Accused told gardaí he had been drinking in Temple Bar — in spite of pubs being closed due to first Covid lockdown

A Cork man carrying almost €70,000 worth of heroin from Dublin was so intoxicated when stopped by gardaí on his journey back the only excuse he could think of was that he had been drinking at Temple Bar.

Gardaí immediately became even more suspicious of Gary Coleman as the date was March 31, 2020, and the pubs of Temple Bar and elsewhere where closed due to the first Covid-19 lockdown.