Addict in wheelchair caught getting off Cork train with €34k of heroin

Three-year sentence imposed, with half of it suspended

The accused had his leg amputated as a result of health problems due to drug use.

A Dublin heroin addict who had a leg amputated as a result of chronic health problems from drug use was caught transporting €34,000 worth of heroin to Cork when he got off the train at Kent.

Detective Garda Pat O’Sullivan testified at Cork Circuit Criminal Court that on August 27, 2021, gardaí stopped Paul Marken at Kent railway station where he got off the Dublin train in his wheelchair.