Jail for man who stepped off Dublin train with drugs into arms of gardaí in Cork

Judge Hayes said it was rare to find someone with so many previous drug supply convictions

The court heard Abdullah Abdi was met at Kent Station by the gardaí carrying €3,800 worth of heroin and €253 of cocaine. File picture: Dan Linehan

A 44-year-old man carrying heroin and cocaine stepped off the Dublin train into the arms of gardaí in Cork and now he has been jailed for two-and-a-half years.

Abdullah Abdi with an address at Gardiner Street, Dublin, was sentenced at Cork Circuit Criminal Court by Judge Dara Hayes to a period of four-and-a-half years with the last two years suspended.