Grandad in prison drugs drone arrest allegedly had €181,000 in crime proceeds in his home, court told

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Tom Tuite

A GRANDFATHER arrested for using a drone to deliver heroin into a Dublin prison had more than €180,000 in suspected crime proceeds at his home, a court has heard.

Karl Widdess, 44, appeared before Judge Treasa Kelly at Dublin District Court on Saturday, charged with a money laundering offence on February 23, unlawful possession of heroin and having drugs worth €1,400 in the vicinity of a prison on February 12.