Tipperary man fails to get jail time cut for part in importing drugs hidden in nappies

The court heard the man was to hand the drugs over to an unnamed male in order to clear a drug debt of up to €6,000

The man said that he committed the cannabis offence to discharge a drug debt. File picture: Gareth Fuller/PA Wire

The Court of Appeal has rejected a 39-year-old man’s appeal against a prison sentence for his part in a “sophisticated” drug-dealing operation in which cannabis was imported into Ireland disguised as packets of nappies.

In delivering judgment on Thursday, Mr Justice Patrick McCarthy said that the court found no error in the original sentence of three years with the final 18 months suspended imposed on Damien Cahill (39).