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Man with previous cocaine importation conviction jailed over €200k cannabis haul
Summary
Martin Whelan, 31, was jailed for five and a half years after pleading guilty to possession of cannabis for sale or supply at Old Church Avenue, Clondalkin, Dublin. Gardaí raided a house in The Square, Larchill, Coolock, where Whelan and Paul Carroll, 38, were found in the kitchen weighing and bagging about ten kilograms of cannabis herb. The seized drugs were valued at €200,860, with a portion worth €50,000. Whelan admitted collecting cannabis for distribution and claimed a drug debt owed since the previous Christmas. He had a prior UK conviction for importing 16 kg of cocaine, for which he served five of ten years. Judge Martin Nolan also sentenced Carroll to three and a half years, backdated to February 2014. No evidence of assets or a high‑life lifestyle was found. The case was prosecuted by Maurice Coffey BL.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Man with previous cocaine importation conviction jailed over €200k cannabis haul. Charges or matters: possession of the drugs for sale or supply at Old Church Avenue, Clondalkin, Dublin on February 25, 2014. Procedural stage: sentence
When:
- February 25, 2014 Incident
- July 2013 Hearing Or Sentence
- February 2014 Other
- Christmas Other
- 2015-03-03 Publication
Why: The father of one told gardaí he owed a drug debt and had become involved in the operation since the previous Christmas in order to pay this off. CNI source report
Case subjects
Convicted Person
Charges: possession of the drugs for sale or supply at Old Church Avenue, Clondalkin, Dublin on February 25, 2014 (Admitted)
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Judge Martin Nolan jailed him for five and a half years. In 2008 a UK court imposed a ten year sentence on Whelan for the importation of 16 kg of cocaine.
Places mentioned
- The Square
- Dublin
- Old Church Avenue
- Dublin
- Dublin Circuit Criminal Court
- Old Church Avenue
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