Derek Landers, a 42-year-old living in Spain, was arrested in Dublin for possession of €1 million worth of cannabis.
Derek Landers (42), who has been living in Lanzarote for 20 years, was caught with drugs in May 2023. The court heard that customs at Dublin Port intercepted a pallet containing suspected cannabis herb and an operation was put in place between customs and gardaí to monitor it. Landers was spotted arriving in a rental van before he loaded the pallet into the back of the vehicle. He drove out of the yard and was stopped by gardaí on Promenade Road. The pallet was removed and examined.
It was found to contain towels but hidden underneath were two layers of vacuum-packed cannabis, with a total weight of 54kg and an estimated street value of €1,046,000. Landers told gardaí he thought he was collecting horse feed. He acknowledged that it would not have been immediately apparent that there were drugs on the pallet. It was accepted that Landers told gardaí that he was told he would get €250 for his role but later admitted that he had been “asked by a man to do a job for €1,000″.
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