Large volume of evidence blamed for 14-week delay in drugs case against 10 men in Cork

More than 175 interviews, 310 lines of enquiry, and three terabytes of CCTV footage have to be considered in case about alleged conspiracy to import drugs

55-year-old Juan Antonio Gallardo of 12 Turina St, Cadiz, Spain appeared by video link from Cork Prison at Mallow District Court. Picture: Larry Cummins

There is so much evidence in the case against 10 men accused of conspiring to import drugs into Ireland that it will be another 14 weeks before the case is ready to proceed, a Cork court has heard.

Two of the accused, Juan Antonio Gallardo, 55, of 12 Turina Street, Cadiz, Spain and Aleksander Milic, 26, of Svetorgorska 15, Flat 5, Belgrade, Serbia, appeared by video link from Cork Prison at Mallow District Court.