A man who was caught with €1.1 million worth of drugs in boxes labelled “Sport Socks” has been jailed for seven-and-a-half years. The court heard Gannon had passed these drugs to the other man. Gardaí­ later obtained a search warrant for a storage unit in Gannon’s name at Citywest Storage. When interviewed by gardaí­, Gannon admitted he rented the unit and said he had brought the drugs there the previous week. The court heard Gannon was a long-term drug addict who is now drug-free.

Source: The Irish Times January 17, 2020 15:22 UTC