A Dublin man who gave £100,000 to a lorry driver for a drugs transaction in Holland has been jailed for two years by Judge Elizabeth Dunne.
Colin Grennell (27), of St Aidan's Park Road, Marino, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to import a controlled drug and to handling the proceeds of drug-trafficking on February 1st, 2000.
Det Sgt Greg Sheehan said Grennell was approached by Philip Whelan, of Kilbarron Park, Coolock, to find a lorry driver to bring £100,000 to Irish criminal John Cunningham in Holland.
Grennell was to be paid £5,000 by Whelan for his role.
Det Sgt Sheehan said the driver chosen was a Wicklow man, Mr Gary McNulty, who is currently awaiting trial in Belgium.
Mr George Birmingham SC, defending, pleaded for leniency because of Grennell's early guilty plea and the co-operation he gave to gardai.
Judge Dunne suspended the final year of the sentence.