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Woman caught with drugs at home while on bail for same offence

Summary

Lauren Larkin, 27, was jailed for two years after two separate Gardaí raids on her Finglas home. In August 2020, a search warrant seized over €14,000 worth of cannabis, which Larkin claimed she was holding for her "boss" to pay a €1,000 drug debt. A year later, while on bail for that offence, a second raid found cannabis and cocaine worth just under €5,000. Larkin pleaded guilty to possessing cannabis for sale or supply on 14 August 2020 and to possessing cocaine for sale or supply on 23 August 2021. Judge Martin Nolan sentenced her to one year for each offence, to run consecutively, citing the second offence while on bail as the decisive factor. She has eight prior road traffic convictions and is a carer for her sister with serious medical issues.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: Woman caught with drugs at home while on bail for same offence. Charges or matters: one count of possessing cannabis for sale or supply at her home on August 14, 2020, and one count of possessing cocaine for sale or supply at the same location on August 23, 2021. Procedural stage: sentence

When:

• August 2020 Incident
• August 14, 2020 Incident
• August 23, 2021 Incident
• 2023-02-17 Publication

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Drugs Road Traffic Stage Sentence

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