Blarney woman avoids jail for bringing €8k of heroin from Dublin to Cork

The court heard the woman 'was under a certain amount of duress because of the debt of another person'

The court was told the woman removed two packages of heroin from her top and this was found to have a street value of €8,000. File picture: Getty

A 36-year-old Blarney woman who drove to Dublin to buy €8,000 worth of heroin for the Cork drugs market was given a four-year suspended sentence on Tuesday.

Judge Helen Boyle said of this particular drug: “It was a disaster in Dublin city, it is a disaster in Cork City, it destroys people’s lives, it destroys families and destroys young people.”