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Nigerian man jailed for transporting €140k in cocaine

Summary

Anthony Eya, a 42‑year‑old Nigerian naturalised Irish citizen, was arrested in May 2017 after a Garda surveillance operation that followed a customs alert about a suspicious package. The package, identified as suspicious when it passed through customs, was delivered to an address in Adamstown, Lucan, and later placed in Eya's car. Garda Marcella Shanahan described the "controlled delivery" and the subsequent stop at Ballyowen Lane, where two kilograms of cocaine were recovered. Eya pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to possession of the drugs for sale or supply, admitting he had paid €3,000 to Charles Twesigye for the package. He had previously served a drug offence sentence in 2006 and had left Ireland for Nigeria in 2013, returning to face the charges. Judge Martin Nolan, noting Eya's guilty plea and cooperation, imposed a four‑and‑a‑half‑year imprisonment sentence, deviating from the mandatory ten‑year minimum for the offence.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: Nigerian man jailed for transporting €140k in cocaine. Charges or matters: possession of the drugs for sale or supply at Ballyowen Lane on August 28, 2012. Procedural stage: sentence

When:

• August 28, 2012 Incident
• May 2017 Incident
• 2017-07-27 Publication

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Drugs Stage Sentence

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