Cork gang leader convicted after one of city’s biggest-ever drugs investigations

Years of surveillance, undercover drug purchases, and covert Garda operations culminated in a landmark organised crime conviction

The guilty verdict came after nine hours and 37 minutes of deliberations by a jury at the end of a trial that lasted almost four weeks. File picture: Larry Cummins

The Lithuanian man who denied directing organised crime in Cork involving systematic drug-dealing operations around Fitzgerald’s Park and the Lee Fields was found guilty of the charge on Tuesday.

The guilty verdict came after nine hours and 37 minutes of deliberations by a jury at the end of a trial that lasted almost four weeks.