Cork drug addict jailed for storing €56k of cannabis in garden shed

The judge told the defendant: 'It is no exaggeration to say that your life has been destroyed by drugs.'

The court heard that gardaí with a warrant went to search the house where the accused was living and found the stash of cannabis in a large black plastic bag in a shed at the rear of the house. File picture

Three kilos of cannabis with a street value of €56,000 were discovered by gardaí during a search of a shed at the back of a house in Cork City and now a man with numerous previous drug convictions has been jailed for three years.

Detective Garda Michael Abernethy gave evidence at the sentencing hearing for Shaun O’Callaghan of 196 Rathpeacon Road, Cork, who admitted that on February 27, 2025, at an address on Commons Road, Cork, he had cannabis in his possession for the purpose of sale or supply to others when their value exceeded €13,000 — a quantity that put him at risk of a minimum sentence of 10 years.