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Taxi driver pressurised to store €245k in cocaine

Summary

Stephen Boylan, a 51‑year‑old taxi driver from Newtown, Kill, was sentenced to four and a half years in prison after pleading guilty to possession of cocaine for sale or supply. He had stored €245,388 worth of cocaine and a small amount of cannabis in a wooden cabin at the rear of a house where he lived for five years. Gardaí, acting on confidential information, conducted a surveillance operation and seized the drugs, bagging materials and a mobile phone with the Wickr app. Boylan claimed financial pressure and that he had been pressured by others to store the drugs, but he did not pack them. He had no prior convictions and was described by the judge as a good family man unlikely to reoffend. The court reduced the presumptive minimum of ten years to the imposed term of four and a half years.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: Taxi driver pressurised to store €245k in cocaine. Charges or matters: possession of the drugs for sale or supply at his home on May 28, 2020. Procedural stage: sentence

When:

• May 28, 2020 Incident
• March 2020 Other
• 2021-03-08 Publication

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Drugs Stage Sentence

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