'Senior figure in drugs trade in Cork and across the south of Ireland' in fear for his life, court told

The defendant was granted bail on numerous conditions

Ian Hanlon of Maulbawn, Passage West, County Cork, and charged him with having a stash of cocaine at his home on May 18. File picture

A “senior figure in the drugs trade in Cork City and across the south of Ireland” was described at Cork District Court on Thursday as being in fear for his life due to a €300,000 drug debt

He was charged on Thursday with having €80,000 worth of cocaine at his home in Passage West. Detective Garda Bryan English of Togher Drugs Unit arrested 54-year-old Ian Hanlon of Maulbawn, Passage West, County Cork, and charged him with having a stash of cocaine at his home on May 18.