A fireman whose locker was found to contain nearly €80,000 of cocaine has been found not guilty of possession of the drug - as his long-time friend was convicted of the same offence.
Michael Morgan, 43, with an address at Cluain Muillean, Nenagh, was acquitted by a jury at Nenagh Circuit Criminal Court on Thursday, on all three charges brought against him by the Director of Public Prosecutions .
Mr Morgan told Gardai during interviews following his arrest that the lunchbox had been in his locker for between one and two years; that he did not own it; nor had he ever put anything into it. The two accused men were long time friends, they both held licensed firearms and they went hunting together.
Garda Loughlin said he did “not recall” this, and he said he had interviewed all of the names of witnesses that he had been aware of at the time.
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