'Walter Mitty' character imported €8.4m of cocaine to open corridor aerodrome in midlands

Waterford man flew light aircraft from Dieppe in France to Abbeyshrule Aerodrome in Co Longford 

Tim Gilchrist, aged 56, of Mavis Bank, Newrath, Co Waterford, has not applied for bail since his arrest in August 2022. 

A Waterford man described as a 'Walter Mitty-type' character flew €8.4m of cocaine to Ireland via an "open corridor" aerodrome in the midlands, a court has heard.

Garda National Drugs & Organised Crime Bureau (GNDOCB) officers monitored a Cessna single-engine aircraft which flew from Dieppe in France and landed at Abbeyshrule Aerodrome, Co Longford, on the evening of August 4, 2022.