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Encryption-cracking breakthrough led gardai to 'factotum manager' of €1.5m drugs warehouse
Summary
Douglas Glynn and his brother Anthony Glynn pleaded guilty at the Special Criminal Court to charges related to the possession of ammunition and drugs for an organised crime gang. Douglas Glynn admitted to conspiracy to possess 335 rounds of ammunition and various calibres of ammunition, as well as conspiracy to possess cocaine and cannabis valued over €13,000 for sale or supply. Anthony Glynn pleaded guilty to possessing the ammunition and drugs for an organised crime gang. The court heard that gardaí seized 20kg of cocaine, cannabis, and ammunition from a Dublin 15 business park in March 2017. Evidence included encrypted phone messages using code words for drugs and firearms, which identified Douglas Glynn as a manager of the operation. Douglas Glynn is already serving a six-and-a-half-year sentence for his role in a foiled Kinahan Cartel plot to murder James 'Mago' Gately, for which he was sentenced to seven-and-a-half years with the final year suspended. Mr Justice Hunt adjourned the matter to March 16 for sentence finalisation.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Encryption-cracking breakthrough led gardai to 'factotum manager' of €1.5m drugs warehouse. Charges or matters: conspiracy to commit a serious offence, namely the possession of 335 rounds of ammunition, contrary to Section 71 of the Criminal Justice Act, 2006; conspiring with his brother Anthony along with Emmet Fogarty and persons unknown to commit a serious offence, namely the possession of 199 rounds of .44 Remington Magnum calibre ammunition, 76 rounds of .357 Magnum calibre ammunition, 38 rounds of .45 ACP calibre ammunition and 22 rounds of .22 LR calibre ammunition in such circumstances as to give rise to a reasonable inference that the said ammunition was not required for a lawful purpose; conspiracy to possess cocaine and cannabis with a value over €13K for the purposes of sale or supply at a location within the State between January 25, 2014, and April 4, 2017; p
When:
- January 25, 2017 Incident
- April 12, 2017 Incident
- February 20 Incident
- January 25, 2014 Incident
- April 4, 2017 Incident
- March 2017 Hearing Or Sentence
- November 2018 Incident
- April 2017 Incident
- February 2021 Other
- May 2021 Incident
- March 16 Adjournment
- November 2021 Adjournment
- February 2016 Hearing Or Sentence
- December 7, 2016 Incident
- April 6, 2017 Incident
- 2023-03-06 Publication
Case subjects
Defendant
Charges: possessing the ammunition and drugs for an organised crime gang (Admitted)
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Glynn was sentenced in February of last year to seven-and-a-half years' imprisonment with the final year suspended for his role in the plot.; Mr Justice Hunt adjourned the matter to March 16 for sentence finalisation.
Defendant
Charges: conspiracy to commit a serious offence, namely the possession of 335 rounds of ammunition, contrary to Section 71 of the Criminal Justice Act, 2006; conspiring with his brother Anthony along with Emmet Fogarty and persons unknown to commit a serious offence, namely the possession of 199 rounds of .44 Remington Magnum calibre ammunition, 76 rounds of .357 Magnum calibre ammunition, 38 rounds of .45 ACP calibre ammunition and 22 rounds of .22 LR calibre ammunition in such circumstances as to give rise to a reasonable inference that the said ammunition was not required for a lawful purpose; conspiracy to possess cocaine and cannabis with a value over €13K for the purposes of sale or supply at a location within the State between January 25, 2014, and April 4, 2017; possessing the ammunition and drugs for an organised crime gang (Admitted)
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Glynn is already serving a 6.5-year jail sentence imposed by the same court for his involvement in a foiled Kinahan Cartel plot to murder James 'Mago' Gately, during which he placed a tracker device on the rival Hutch member's car. Glynn was sentenced in February of last year to seven-and-a-half years' imprisonment with the final year suspended for his role in the plot.; Mr Justice Hunt adjourned the matter to March 16 for sentence finalisation.
Places mentioned
- Special Criminal Court
- Dublin
- Brookhaven Drive
- Blanchardstown
Topics
Drugs Stage Sentence Violent Crime
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