Spanish man pleads guilty to conspiring to smuggle large quantity of drugs into Ireland

Accused had been arrested in connection with the Tragumna drugs case in West Cork

56-year-old Juan Antonio Gallardo Barroso of no fixed address in Spain. File picture: Larry Cummins

A Spanish man has pleaded guilty to conspiring to smuggle a large quantity of drugs into Ireland.

At the non-jury, three-judge Special Criminal Court on Wednesday, Juan Antonio Gallardo Barroso, aged 56, of no fixed address in Spain, was arraigned on one count, that he did conspire with his co-accused to do an act in the State that constitutes a serious offence, namely the importation of controlled drugs in excess of €13,000 on dates between February 27 and March 14 2024, both dates inclusive, within the State.