The drugs were found during a search of a vehicle disembarking a ferry at Belfast Harbour in 2022.
Cocaine and cannabis worth an estimated £1.1m was seized at Belfast Harbour Estate on 12 February, 2022
On Wednesday, 38-year-old Andrew Stafford, formerly of Carrickmannon Road in Crossgar, pleaded guilty to charges of possessing class A and B drugs with intent to supply. Stafford was driving an articulated lorry towing a single trailer which contained a Peugeot Partner van, inside of which the drugs were concealed.Prosecutor Gareth Purvis said: "A forensic analysis was conducted of the drugs and there was approximately 10kg of cocaine which had a purity of 70-74 percent and 120kg of herbal cannabis.''
He told detectives he was in financial difficulties, saying his haulage business had got off to a bad start and his lorry kept breaking down.
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