Ex-GAA Star Faces Drug Charges, Bail Tweaked

0:00On March 26th, Peter Locren, a 50-year-old from Dunganin in County Tyrone, faces more than 30 charges for supplying class, a drugs and handling criminal property. These stem from Operation Vanetek, the United Kingdom's biggest probe into an organized drug network. The former GAA footballer won an all-Irland title with Tyrone in 2003. The operation kicked off in 2020 when French police cracked the Anchor-Chad network. A Dutch encrypted service used by criminals for drug deals. And money laundering. Users thought they were safe until police grabbed thousands of messages, exposing handles like Parkman and others tied to cash conversions. Lowfrong got arrested in June 2020 after alleged dealings from late March to mid-June that year. He posted 30,000 pounds bail with a curfew and electronic tag as conditions. His sports background as a twist. He was part of the Sam McGuire winning squad, but stayed on the bench. This Thursday, at Belfast Crown Court, he won a temporary bail tweak to head to Cork.

1:05He plans to leave at 7 a.m. Friday for an exam and return Saturday with the tag off until Sunday and curfew pause outside Northern Ireland. Prosecutors worried about tracking him, but the judge approved after talks. No friend awaits trial as the case from this massive Incro-Chad bus moves forward.