Nko Mpase (62) of Golden Ridge Close, Rush, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to facilitating the entry into the state of another person at Dublin Airport on May 16th, 2020.

Judge Alec Gabbett returned Roger Bishop of Little Thatch, Crown, Lissycasey, Co Clare for trial to the next sittings of Ennis Circuit Court in connection with two smuggling related offences

The suspects were held as part of a probe into the smuggling of drugs into Northern Ireland from the Republic of Ireland.

Mohamed Mahamed (48), a Danish citizen of Somalian origin of Aarhus, Denmark, pleaded guilty to unlawfully assisting the entry of a woman into Dublin Airport on January 28th last

A man who had just flown in from Malaga, Spain, was arrested.

Garda Commissioner Drew Harris said drug use on both sides of the border has become prevalent and has led to a 25% rise in the price of cocaine.