Former Soviet fighter pilot and another man jailed for flying €8.4m worth of heroin into Dublin

Both pleaded guilty to smuggling heroin into Weston Airport on dates between November 28 and December 1 last year

Staff at Weston airport noted that the aircraft appeared to be tail-heavy as it was coming in to land, and that men requested a hangar, which was unusual. File Picture: Colin Keegan/Collins

Two men, including a former Soviet fighter pilot, who flew heroin worth €8.4m into Dublin on a light aircraft last year, have been sentenced to 10 and eight years in prison.

Aradi Ignac, aged 50, of Kecskemet, Hungary, and Zoltan Nemeth, aged 63, of Sukosd in Hungary, pleaded guilty to smuggling heroin into Weston Airport on dates between November 28 and December 1 last year.