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€700k in cannabis hidden under scented candles, court hears

Date
2016-11-14

Stage
Sentence

Primary locality
Dublin

County
Dublin

Summary

In a Dublin Circuit Criminal Court hearing on 14 November 2016, Elliot Kidd, aged 25, was sentenced to five years' imprisonment with the final 18 months suspended, subject to strict conditions including engagement with the Probation Service and addiction and mental‑health services. Kidd pleaded guilty to possessing drugs for sale or supply on 11 June 2015. He was part of a scheme that moved €778,000 of cannabis imported from Spain, hidden under scented candles. The drugs were discovered when a customs officer with a sniffer dog found 37.9 kg of cannabis herb packed in pallets at a warehouse on 9 June 2015. Kidd, along with co‑accused Jonathan Carberry (35) and Gavin Mulvey (35), were arrested while unloading the pallets at Bath Lane, Dublin. Carberry received a seven‑year sentence with two years suspended, and Mulvey received three years with the last year suspended.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: €700k in cannabis hidden under scented candles, court hears. Charges or matters: the same offence; possessing drugs for sale or supply on June 11, 2015. Procedural stage: sentence

When:

June 11, 2015 Incident
June 9 Incident
2016-11-14 Publication

Why: The court heard that Mulvey met his friend Carberry on the morning of the offence and later agreed to join him on the job, paying the courier driver because Carberry was busy at the time. Court evidence reported by CNI

Case subjects

Elliot Kidd

Convicted Person

Charges: possessing drugs for sale or supply on June 11, 2015; the same offence (Admitted)

Plea: Guilty

Outcome: His co-accused Jonathan Carberry (35) and Gavin Mulvey (35) were jailed last July after they also pleaded guilty to the same offence. Today Kidd was sentenced to five years with the final 18 months suspended on strict conditions including that he engage with the Probation Service for 18 months upon his release and engage with both addiction and mental health services.

Gavin Mulvey

Convicted Person

Charges: the same offence (Admitted)

Plea: Guilty

Outcome: Gavin Mulvey (35) were jailed last July after they also pleaded guilty to the same offence. She imposed a sentence of three years with the last year suspended on Mulvey, of Kiltalown Road, Jobstown, noting that he joined the scheme at the last minute and with no advance knowledge.

Jonathan Carberry

Convicted Person

Charges: the same offence (Admitted)

Plea: Guilty

Outcome: Jonathan Carberry (35) and Gavin Mulvey (35) were jailed last July after they also pleaded guilty to the same offence. Judge Melanie Greally imposed a sentence of seven years with two suspended on Carberry, of Marlfield Green, Tallaght, after noting his previous good character.