Man gets jail term for drugs offences

A man who got a cocaine package worth €34,500 delivered by a garda disguised as a postman has been sentenced to seven years in…

A man who got a cocaine package worth €34,500 delivered by a garda disguised as a postman has been sentenced to seven years in prison with the final two suspended. Gardaí carried out a controlled delivery to Florian Borbas, a Romanian, at The Rise, Clonee, after Spanish police tipped them off about the drugs.

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