Judge jails 'significant' dealer in Mallow drugs trade

More than €8,000 worth of cocaine and €8,000 in cash was found by gardaí in his house

When gardaí approached him he discarded a bag of cocaine. Gardaí recovered this bag of cocaine and found that Murphy also had €800 cash on his person. File photo: iStock

A cocaine-dealer in the Mallow area was jailed for three-and-a-half years as the sentencing judge described him as significantly involved in the drugs trade.

Aidan Murphy of Crossfield, Ballyclough, Mallow, was sentenced by Judge Seán Ó Donnabháin at Cork Circuit Criminal Court. Gardaí located drugs concealed in a Tupperware box near the defendant’s home on February 8, 2020.