Pensioner to stand trial for drug-trafficking and having €100k in crime proceeds

Italian-born Giovanni Nardone, 73, with an address at Glenhill Avenue, Finglas, Dublin, was arrested on April 1 during an operation by the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau

Giovanni Nardone was also charged with having an encrypted phone for the purpose of drug-trafficking. File picture

A pensioner in his seventies is to stand trial accused of having more than €100,000 in crime proceeds and an encrypted phone for involvement in drug-trafficking.

Italian-born Giovanni Nardone, with an address at Glenhill Avenue, Finglas, Dublin, was arrested on April 1 during an operation by the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau.