National court archive · 2026-03-26
Gas fitter jailed for transporting cannabis imported by transnational crime gang
At a glance
- Crime
- possession of cannabis for sale or supply
- People
- Karl Phipps, Jonathan Dunphy, Detective Garda Dean Healy, Aideen Collard BL, Seoirse Ó Dúnlaing SC
- Locations
- Beau Park Mews, Clongriffin, Dublin, Dublin Port, Coolock
- Court
- Dublin Circuit Criminal Court
- Outcome
- custodial sentence of five years and suspended the final year on conditions
Summary
Karl Phipps pleaded guilty to possessing €260,000 of cannabis for sale or supply after helping move boxes intercepted during a surveillance operation. The court heard he had a lesser role in a transnational organisation’s importation effort; a five-year sentence was imposed with the final year suspended and backdated to his custody date.
Original reporting: courtsnewsireland.ie