Dutchman caught selling heroin in Cork claims he wanted drugs for ill wife

Harrij Van Der Veen of Garrisker, Broadford, Carbury, County Kildare, pleaded guilty at Cork District Court to charges of possession of Diamorphine (heroin) and having drugs for sale or supply.

A 'bizarre' drug-dealing case saw a 68-year-old Dutchman travelling from Cork to Dublin and back and then supplying heroin out of his car in a case where he claimed that he wanted it for pain-relief for his wife.

Harrij Van Der Veen of Garrisker, Broadford, Carbury, County Kildare, pleaded guilty at Cork District Court to charges of possession of Diamorphine (heroin) and having drugs for sale or supply.