Dublin grandfather jailed for eight years over €500k cannabis haul

A 56-year-old Dublin man has been sentenced to eight years imprisonment for his role in a €528,000 cannabis importation operation that took place in 2008. The defendant pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to possessing 88 kilograms of cannabis at Forrest Little Road, Swords on 8 August 2008. Gardaí had conducted surveillance on a lorry arriving from Liverpool, which was subsequently intercepted near…