Man charged in €35k heroin case after sniffer dog alerts gardaí at Cork train station

The wheelchair user from Dublin was granted bail and told to stay out of Cork city and county with the exception of court appearances

The man in his 50s was detained by gardaí after a sniffer dog went in his direction as he got off the Dublin-Cork train on Friday, August 27. File photo

A man in his 50s, who was detained by gardaí after a sniffer dog went in his direction as he got off the Dublin-Cork train, has been charged in connection with the seizure of heroin with a street value of €35,000.

Paul Marken of Hazelwood House, Canal Road in Ranelagh, Dublin, was brought before a special sitting of Skibbereen District Court in Co. Cork where he was charged with two counts in relation to the seizure of heroin.