Member of Defence Forces faces drugs charges after alleged seizure at Cork barracks

Accused is also charged with money laundering offences at Collins Barracks and at his home in Cobh

Shane Scanlon, 35, is charged with possession of a controlled drug, namely cocaine, at Collins Barracks, Old Youghal Road, Cork, for the purpose of selling or otherwise supplying it to another, on March 27, 2024. File picture: Larry Cummins

Fresh charges of drug-dealing and money-laundering were brought against a member of the Irish Defence Forces arising out of the alleged seizure of €26,992 worth of cocaine at Collins Barracks on Old Youghal Road in Cork.

Detective Garda Derry O’Brien gave evidence on Wednesday of charging Shane Scanlon, of Cooline Heights, Ballyvoloon, Cobh, Co Cork, with a number of charges. He made no reply to any of the charges against him.