Man found with €183k worth of cannabis after Cork gardaí mounted surveillance operation

Volkswagen van pulled up outside a house at Elm Grove in Castlemartyr, Co Cork, and driver started unpacking the drugs, court told

Accused also admitted a money-laundering charge related to €88,000 in cash allegedly seized at the Dublin address on the same date — October 27, 2020. Picture: Larry Cummins

Gardaí operating concealed surveillance in Castlemartyr observed a Dublin man unloading packages of cannabis from the engine area of a van outside a house and now the accused has said that basically he had no choice.

Detective Garda Ruairí McGovern testified at Cork Circuit Criminal Court that there was a surveillance operation in place on the day in question — October 27, 2020 — when a white Volkswagen van arrived and pulled up outside a house at Elm Grove in Castlemartyr, Co Cork, and the driver started unpacking the drugs.