'Senior drugs figure' in Cork City admits cocaine and weapons charges

'I have to accept what it is now. I have no intention of doing anything. I am in enough trouble.'

The trial date of November 30, which had been allocated for a hearing of the case by judge and jury, has now been vacated. File picture: Larry Cummins

A 54-year-old Passage West man who was described as a “senior figure in the drugs trade in Cork City and across the south of Ireland” pleaded guilty on Friday to having cocaine for sale or supply at his home along with two slam-bang shotguns and ammunition.

Ian Hanlon of Maulbawn, Passage West, County Cork, was charged with having €80,000 worth of cocaine at his home in Passage West. Detective Garda Bryan English of Togher Drugs Unit arrested and charged him with having a stash of cocaine at his home on May 18.