Cork garda disputes 'career drug dealer' is a changed man

The accused has pleaded guilty to having €2,000 worth of cannabis for sale or supply in Bandon

The 34-year-old had three previous convictions for drug-dealing, 27 for having drugs for his own use, two for allowing his home to be used for the preparation of drugs and one for cultivating cannabis. File photo: Getty

A West Cork drug dealer has changed his ways it was claimed by his lawyer but a local detective wholeheartedly disagreed.

Ivo Santos of O’Mahony Avenue, Bandon, County Cork, faced sentencing yesterday at Cork Circuit Criminal Court for his latest count of having cannabis for sale or supply.