Allen was handed a 15-month jail term at Cork Circuit Court. The judge backdated his sentenced to early November — meaning his three months in rehab for cannabis addiction counted as part of his sentence, as did his three weeks on remand.
He was granted temporary release from prison just 13 weeks later.Cork Circuit Criminal Court previously heard that customs officers intercepted a package containing 1.134 kilos of cannabis at the Portlaoise Sorting Office on August 27, 2018.
The drugs, with a €22,694 street value, were addressed to Joshua Allen at Ballymaloe Cookery School, and he signed for and accepted them..
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