Innishannon drugs 'honcho' released on bail after 'very difficult' time in jail

Robert Sweetnam was found with €6,800 worth of cannabis in a GAA gear bag when stopped in a car at a Garda checkpoint

The defence barrister said: “His time in prison was very difficult for him and his family." File photo: Dan Linehan

A young man described by the sentencing judge as “the honcho” in a drugs run at Innishannon was released after a very difficult fortnight in jail.

Judge Seán Ó Donnabháin released Robert Sweetnam and reinstated bail pending sentence in September. The judge required three urinalysis tests to be done at the defendant’s own expense.