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Truck driver brought €300k in cocaine into Dublin Port

Summary

Aidan Conroy, a 40‑year‑old truck driver from Ashbrook, Clonaslee, was jailed for eight and a half years after a court found him a facilitator in the importation of nearly €300,000 worth of cocaine. The drugs were seized at Dublin Port on 20 August 2015 when officers stopped his freight truck after it disembarked from a ferry. They discovered 4.2 kilos of cocaine hidden in a fire extinguisher in the truck cab and an additional 6.9 kilos in a bag on pallets in the trailer. A jury acquitted Conroy of charges relating to the trailer drugs but convicted him of possession of the cab drugs. He pleaded not guilty to possession for sale or supply of cocaine with a market value over €13,000 and denied importation.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: Truck driver brought €300k in cocaine into Dublin Port. Charges or matters: possession for sale or supply of cocaine with a market value of greater than €13,000. Procedural stage: sentence

When:

• August 20, 2015 Incident
• October 16 Incident
• 2018-11-15 Publication

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Drugs Stage Sentence

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