Cork man had €15,590 in cash tied up with hair bobble

Man who pleaded guilty to money laundering given suspended sentence

The court heard the man had a drugs debt and was selling cannabis for another person.

A man wearing a ponytail in the dock at Cork Circuit Criminal Court was sentenced for money laundering in respect of €15,590 in cash that was tied up with a hair bobble.

Mathew Dwyer, aged 33, of Hyde’s Park, Ballinacurra, Midleton, Co Cork, pleaded guilty to money laundering in respect of the cash which was found by gardaí when a warrant was executed to carry out a search.