Cocaine dealer targeted by Cork Garda drugs unit jailed for five years

The accused was described as 'an active drug-dealer who was on bail for other drugs offences when he was caught with a sophisticated drug-dealing operation'

The judge imposed a total sentence of six years with the last year suspended at Cork Circuit Criminal Court. File picture: Dan Linehan

A Mitchelstown cocaine dealer who was one of the top targets for the Cork county divisional drugs unit broke his phone in two and threw it into the fire when gardaí called to his home to carry out a search.

Garda Cormac Axson said 34-year-old Michael Nixon of Stagg Park, Mitchelstown, County Cork, was making his livelihood out of cocaine dealing but he was also acting against a background of addiction.