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10/06/2013
15 Years For Drug Smuggling Company Director
A company director has been jailed for 15 years for arranging the importation and distribution of one of the largest shipments of cocaine into Ireland.33-year-old Gareth Hopkins, from beech park Leixlip, Co Kildare, pleaded guilty to smuggling cocaine worth €29 million into Ireland via Dublin Port.
The drugs were hidden inside wooden planks.
According to RTÉ, Hopkins, a property manager and director of both a recycling company and a Sierra Leone mining, was not previously know to police.
(MH/CD)
The drugs were hidden inside wooden planks.
According to RTÉ, Hopkins, a property manager and director of both a recycling company and a Sierra Leone mining, was not previously know to police.
(MH/CD)
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