Man jailed after Cork gardaí find €837k of cocaine in car's secret compartment

Cork Circuit Criminal Court heard that the car was modified for the sole purpose of transporting drugs for a highly organised criminal group

Det. Garda Fogarty said the drugs were found in a concealed compartment underneath the area between the back seats and the boot. File photo

Over 11kgs of cocaine with an €837,000 street value and destined for the Christmas market for drugs in Cork City was discovered in a secret compartment built into the floor of a black Volkswagen Passat stopped by gardaí.

Now the driver has been sentenced to eight years imprisonment with the last year suspended by Judge Helen Boyle at Cork Circuit Criminal Court.