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Struggling man agreed to hold over €500k in drugs
Summary
Przemyslaw Goska, 33, a Polish national, was sentenced to six years in prison for possession of MDMA worth €506,000 and cocaine worth €68,300. The drugs were found in his rented Kildare home and in a car he was driving. Goska admitted to transporting the drugs from "point A to point B" and claimed he was promised money for holding them. He said he had no intention of bringing the cocaine into the house, only to pick up clothes. Gardaí interviewed him ten times; he cooperated but was too afraid to give further information. He had no prior convictions. Judge Melanie Greally took into account his cooperation, guilty pleas, and family hardship, and imposed a seven‑and‑a‑half‑year sentence with the final 18 months suspended on the condition of good behaviour and leaving Ireland within 14 days of release.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Struggling man agreed to hold over €500k in drugs. Charges or matters: possession of MDMA with a value of €506,000 at his then rented accommodation in Louisa Park, Leixlip, Co Kildare on August 1, 2020; possession of the cocaine, which had a street value of €68,300 for sale or supply in a car that he had borrowed from a friend on the same date. Procedural stage: sentence
When:
- August 1, 2020 Incident
- 2021-02-08 Publication
Why: A Polish man who held over half a million euro worth of drugs in his Kildare home because he was struggling financially has been jailed for six years. CNI source report
Case subjects
Defendant
Charges: possession of MDMA with a value of €506,000 at his then rented accommodation in Louisa Park, Leixlip, Co Kildare on August 1, 2020; possession of the cocaine, which had a street value of €68,300 for sale or supply in a car that he had borrowed from a friend on the same date (Admitted)
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Judge Greally imposed a sentence of seven and half years but suspended the final 18 months of the sentence on condition that he keep the peace and be of good behaviour for 18 months and leave Ireland within 14 days of his release from prison.
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