Corkman caught with €46k worth of cocaine in hotel car park jailed

Accused arrested after gardaí mounted surveillance operation and witnessed handover of package, court told

Accused was addicted to cocaine at the time of the offence but had since turned his life around, court heard. File picture 

A €46,000 stash of cocaine was found in a man’s possession in a hotel car park after gardaí had him under surveillance and now he has been jailed for three and a half years.

Judge Dara Hayes imposed a sentence of five years with the last 18 months suspended on Brian O’Hanlon at Cork Circuit Criminal Court.