Cork gardaí charge man with possession of €1.6m worth of cannabis

The defendant indicated that he was not making an application for bail

The man was arrested at a U Store It storage unit in Little Island, Cork. File picture

Gardaí arrested a 30-year-old man at a storage unit in Little Island and charged him with having a €1.6 million stash of cannabis.

Detective Garda Derry O’Brien testified on Tuesday at Cork District Court that that he arrested the defendant for the purpose of charging. With the assistance of a Mandarin interpreter, the defendant made no reply to the charges.