Business man is jailed over drugs

A Dublin businessman who travelled to South Africa where he paid two men for cannabis worth £160,000 has been jailed for four…

A Dublin businessman who travelled to South Africa where he paid two men for cannabis worth £160,000 has been jailed for four years by Judge Elizabeth Dunne.

Shane Lyons (31), of Daletree View, Knocklyon, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to two counts of possessing the drugs for sale or supply on January 4th, 2000.