2021-12-16 · Tallaght, Dublin
Man who was forced to hold cannabis to pay debt avoids jail
Jonathan Kearns, 24, pleaded guilty to possession of cannabis for sale or supply at his Tallaght home on 13 March 2020. Gardaí executed a search warrant, finding 437 g of cannabis in a Tesco bag and a weighing scale. Kearns, who was not present during the search, later admitted the drugs were his and claimed he was forced to hold them to pay a…