Corkman admits drug-dealing charge after gardaí seize €300k of cannabis

Stephen O’Hara also signed a plea of guilty to a charge of money-laundering in respect of €15,585 cash seized at his home

The main seizure of cannabis — with a street value of €300,000 — at his home address at Winter’s Hill, Sunday’s Well, saw him charged with possessing cannabis herb and possessing cannabis herb for sale or supply. File picture: Getty

A €300,000 stash of cannabis was discovered by gardaí at a house in Sunday’s Well at the beginning of the year and a 33-year-old Cork man confessed to all charges against him in relation to the haul of drugs on Wednesday.

Stephen O'Hara of 17 Winter's Hill, Sunday's Well, Cork, appeared at Cork District Court on Wednesday where Sergeant Gearóid Davis said the Director of Public Prosecutions directed trial by indictment at the circuit court and also said a signed plea of guilty could be entered at the district court for sentencing at the circuit court.