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Jail for man over street dealing of crack

Summary

Karl Zambra, 31, of St Teresa's Gardens, Donore Avenue, was sentenced to two and a half years in prison, with the final six months suspended for 12 months, after pleading guilty to possessing drugs for sale or supply. The offence involved selling €40 of cocaine to undercover Gardaí who had posed in plain clothes to test whether he would offer drugs. Zambra and another man approached the officers, spoke briefly, and then Zambra signalled to the other man and said, "Them boys are okay, sort them out?" After the officers purchased the cocaine, Zambra gave them his brother's mobile number and suggested they call it to sort themselves out in the future. He was not arrested until almost a year later to avoid blowing the undercover operation. Zambra has 77 previous convictions, including drug misuse, burglary, dangerous driving, drunk driving and a violent disorder offence in a Garda station.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: Jail for man over street dealing of crack. Charges or matters: possessing drugs for sale or supply on August 18, 2014 at St Teresa's Gardens; were that the gardaí believed him to be directing the sale of drugs – and that this had not been disputed by Mr Spencer in cross-examination. Procedural stage: sentence

When:

• August 18, 2014 Incident
• 2018-11-19 Publication

Case subjects

Places mentioned

Topics

Burglary Drugs Road Traffic Stage Sentence Violent Crime

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