A SOUTH Armagh businessman facing a £23 million money-laundering charge has no connection with the drugs trade, the High Court in Belfast heard yesterday.
Mr Dermot Fee, for Mr Kenneth Mackin (29), Maphoner Road, Mullaghbane, said Mr Mackin strongly objected to recent media reports that he had been involved in drug-dealing.
"It is accepted by the Crown that this is not the case and that no such allegation is being made against him," said Mr Fee.
Lord Justice Campbell refused bail to Mr Mackin.