Cork dog breeder caught with €67,000 worth of cannabis is jailed

Gardaí searched defendant's home under warrant and found shopping bags filled with cannabis, court told

Defendant breeds Jack Russell terriers and exports then all over the world, court heard.

A dog breeder who bred and exported Jack Russell terriers all over the world was caught with bags of cannabis inside and outside his house with a value of more than €67,000.

33-year-old Richard O’Callaghan, of 33 Liffey Park, Mayfield, Cork, was charged with counts under the Misuse of Drugs Act, the most serious of which refers to cannabis worth more than €13,000, the threshold figure which allows for a minimum jail term of 10 years unless there are exceptional circumstances.