40 Year Old Man Caught By Gardai With Heroin On Three Separate Occasions In Cork Sentenced To Five Years In Jail
Michael Veale is a native of Dungarvan in Co Waterford
He pleaded guilty at Cork Circuit Criminal Court to nine separate charges relating to the seizures on March 18th, April 17th and May 8th 2019.
During one of the seizures gardai searched an address at Charlemont Terrace on Wellington Road where they found Veale in a bedroom with €34,850 euros worth of heroin and €900 in cash.
Judge Sean O Donnabhain noted that Veale, who had been living with the Simon Community in Cork for the past 19 years, had pleaded guilty to all nine offences and accepted he was struggling to cope with his addiction.
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