Drug mule caught transporting €120k cannabis stash to North Cork bog

Accused told gardaí he was to travel to Five Mile, collect the drugs and take them to Nadd bog in North Cork and he was to receive €1,200 for doing this, court heard

Accused was arrested in London on a European arrest warrant and ultimately brought before Cork Circuit Criminal Court for sentencing. Picture: Larry Cummins

Gardaí caught a drug mule transporting a €120,000 stash of cannabis to Nadd bog in North Cork 10 years ago and now he has been jailed for three and a half years.

Detective Sergeant Michael O’Halloran said that back on July 4, 2012, gardaí received confidential information about the transporting of the drugs.