'Inveterate' West Cork drug-dealer caught with €2k worth of cannabis jailed

Court heard accused 'has been a chronic drug user all his life'

Ivo Santos, 34, of O’Mahoney Avenue, Bandon, Co Cork, had three previous convictions for drug-dealing and was convicted 27 times for having drugs for his own use. Picture: AP/Franka Bruns

An Irish/Portuguese man described as an “inveterate drug-dealer in West Cork” is starting a two-and-a-half-year jail term.

Ivo Santos sat down in the dock and buried his head in his hands after the prison term was imposed on him by Judge Dara Hayes at Cork Circuit Criminal Court.