Pilot to be sentenced for €8.4m cocaine import

A pilot found guilty of flying €8.4m worth of cocaine into a midlands airport is due to be sentenced before Mullingar Circuit Court next month.

Michal Luczak (45), formerly of Primrose Avenue, Jigginstown, Naas, County Kildare, appeared before Judge Deirdre Browne at Mullingar Circuit Court, where his case was adjourned to November for sentence before Judge Roderick Maguire.

Mr Luczak went on trial in October of last year on four charges, including the possession of cocaine, possession of cocaine for the purpose of sale or supply, possession of cocaine valued at €13,000 or more for the purpose of sale or supply, and the importation from another country of drugs to the value of €13,000 or more.

Those charges relate to the transportation of 120kg of cocaine, valued at €8.4m from northern France into Abbeyshrule Aerodrome, County Longford, on August 4, 2022.

Mr Luczak’s sentence hearing will take place before Judge Maguire on November 9, followed by sentence a week later.

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