Delivery driver charged with signing for package of drugs hidden in domestic appliance at Cork address

Accused was working as a delivery driver in Cork and photographing addresses at which deliveries could be made, court heard

The value of the cannabis was €40,000 and the cocaine was valued at almost €20,000, court heard. Picture: Getty

The driver of a delivery van in Cork allegedly photographed residential locations before turning up at one address in Glasheen to sign for a package of almost €60,000 worth of cannabis and cocaine sent through the post concealed in a domestic appliance.

This was the evidence given by Detective Garda Emmet Long, who charged Martin Lleshi, of Bank Place, Mallow, Co Cork, of having cocaine and cannabis for a sale or supply at Glasheen Road, Cork, on August 29.