Drugs mule arrested at train station had swallowed packages containing €2,800 of heroin

Accused was homeless at the time and a chronic addict

The accused was being controlled by the man travelling with her on the train, the court heard.

A 30-year-old Cork woman who risked her health to swallow packages containing a total of €2,800 worth of heroin to transport the drug from Dublin to Cork was being controlled by a man who travelled with her on the train.

This emerged at the sentencing hearing for Patricia Hogan at Cork Circuit Criminal Court.