'Senior figure in Cork City's drugs trade' granted bail

In his bail application, Ian Hanlon said: 'Obviously, I owe money. That is why I continued doing what I did.'

Cork District Court heard that cocaine with a value of €80,000 was found at the defendant's home. File picture: iStock

A “senior figure in the drugs trade in Cork City and across the south of Ireland” was remanded in custody with consent to bail on Wednesday after an independent surety was approved in court.

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