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Catch him on the fly: Sallinger found holdin' crime cash by surveillance gardai

Summary

Alan Sallinger, 53, was sentenced to three years in prison at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court after pleading guilty to possessing €396,910 in criminal proceeds. The offence occurred on June 14, 2016, at an Applegreen service station in north county Dublin. Sallinger admitted to the charge on the basis that he was reckless, with defence counsel Garret Baker SC arguing that Sallinger did not know the specific contents of the bag he transferred from his car to another man's vehicle. Gardaí, conducting surveillance, observed the transfer and subsequently arrested the men, finding vacuum-packed cash in the bag. Sallinger, of Brookview Walk, Tallaght, was arrested in 2017 and entered his guilty plea on his trial date. Judge Martin Nolan stated it was clear Sallinger was transporting the money for a third party in exchange for payment, noting he must have known the bag contained illicit items. The judge acknowledged Sallinger's remorse and cooperation with gardaí, as well as mitigating factors including a history of drug abuse and alcohol problems at the time of the offence. Although Sallinger has 18 previous convictions, mostly from the 1980s and 1990s, the judge reduced the headline sentence of six years to three years, taking these mitigating circumstances into account.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: Catch him on the fly: Sallinger found holdin' crime cash by surveillance gardai. Charges or matters: possessing €396,910 in criminal proceeds at an Applegreen service station in north county Dublin on June 14, 2016. Procedural stage: sentence

When:

• June 14, 2016 Incident
• 2023-02-28 Publication

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Drugs Stage Sentence

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