Cork woman risked her health swallowing heroin to transport it to Cork

Addict was under control of man who travelled with her on train

Woman was arrested after getting off the Dublin train at Kent Station in Cork.

A 30-year-old Cork woman who risked her health by swallowing packages containing a total of €2,800 worth of heroin to transport the drug from Dublin to Cork was being controlled by a man who travelled with her on the train.

This emerged at the sentencing hearing for Patricia Hogan at Cork Circuit Criminal Court.